88th Street & 30th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 88th Street and 30th Avenue is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. O'Sullivan Plaza is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 89 St/30 Av, is 330 feet away for the Q49, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
89 St/30 Av · Q49
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Street & 30th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 89 St/30 Av, 330 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 89 St/30 Av Q49
    330 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 88th Street.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 87 St & 30 Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
22 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 88th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 88th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Developmental Cntr Annex School
    840 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. O'Sullivan Plaza
    710 feet
  2. One Room Schoolhouse Park
    800 feet
  3. Gorman Playground
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 30th Avenue or 88th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.