94th Street & Astoria Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 94th Street and Astoria Boulevard is in East Elmhurst, Queens, and is also named Vera E. Thompson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,248 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Trolley Car Triangle is 870 feet away, and St Gabriels Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/94 St, is 70 feet away for the Q19 and Q49. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and nine places to eat.

Safety record
38 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Astoria Blvd/94 St · Q19, Q49
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
94th Street & Astoria Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/94 St, 70 feet away, for the Q19 and Q49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/94 St Q19, Q49 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    Q19 Q49
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 92 St & Astoria Blvd 18 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 94th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 92-10 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,248 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 122nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 490 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Vera E. Thompson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Vera E. Thompson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 94th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 94th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414945 and 425668.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. East Elmhurst Community School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trolley Car Triangle
    870 feet
  2. Jackson Mill Green
    1,160 feet
  3. One Room Schoolhouse Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East Elmhurst Post Office
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 94th Street or Astoria Boulevard.

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