84th Street & Penelope Avenue

The four-way crossing of 84th Street and Penelope Avenue is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fleetwood Triangle is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Penelope Av/84 St, is 40 feet away for the Q38, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and nine places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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84th Street & Penelope Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Penelope Av/84 St, 40 feet away, for the Q38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Penelope Av/84 St Q38
    40 feet
    Q38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-01 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Penelope Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Penelope Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fleetwood Triangle
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jewish Center of Forest Hills West House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.