79th Street & Juniper Boulevard South
The three-way junction of 79th Street and Juniper Boulevard South is in Middle Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Penelope Av/79 St, is 450 feet away for the Q38, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Penelope Av/79 St, 450 feet away, for the Q38.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Penelope Av/79 St Q38450 feetQ38
Next buses at this stop
- Q38 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 64-01 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2016.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11379
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Middle Village
- Elevation
- 115 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 108 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 79th Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Juniper Boulevard South
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole School350 feet
- Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,180 feet
- Ucp of NYC - Forest Hills West Schl School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Juniper Valley Park40 feet
- Juniper North Playground360 feet
Houses of worship
- Jewish Center of Forest Hills West House of worship1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 78th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 270 feet
- 80th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 290 feet
- 79th Street & Penelope Avenue 410 feet
- Juniper Boulevard South & 77th Place 540 feet
- 81st Street & Juniper Boulevard South 570 feet
- 80th Street & Penelope Avenue 610 feet
- 78th Street & Penelope Avenue 670 feet
- Juniper Boulevard South & Dry Harbor Road 770 feet
See every intersection along 79th Street or Juniper Boulevard South.