79th Street & Woodside Avenue

The three-way junction of 79th Street and Woodside Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 39 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1955, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & Woodside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,090 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 770 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    770 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodside Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Woodside Avenue (north side).

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Woodside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462183, 463231 and 463232.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    80 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,110 feet
  3. Dunningham Triangle
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    940 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th Street or Woodside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.