98th Street & Astoria Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 98th Street and Astoria Boulevard is in East Elmhurst, Queens, and is also named Veta I. Brome Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Gabriels Church is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/98 St, is 90 feet away for the Q19 and Q49, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Astoria Blvd/98 St · Q19, Q49
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
98th Street & Astoria Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/98 St, 90 feet away, for the Q19 and Q49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/98 St Q19, Q49 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q19 Q49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 99 St & Astoria Blvd 23 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 94th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

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
58 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Veta I. Brome Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

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 1925 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Veta I. Brome Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 98th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 98th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 419508 and 421711.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. East Elmhurst Community School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 127 Aerospace Science Magnet School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trolley Car Triangle
    320 feet
  2. McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Helen Marshall Playground
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Barclay Triangle
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Elmhurst Library
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 98-19 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 316 Fire station
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    490 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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:

See every intersection along 98th Street or Astoria Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.