Astoria Boulevard & Newtown Avenue

Astoria Boulevard and Newtown Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Astoria (Central), Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The city lists it as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Academy of the City Middle School is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Astoria Blvd/21 St · Q19
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Astoria Boulevard & Newtown Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/21 St, 40 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/21 St Q19
    40 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newtown Ave & 23 St 27 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2017.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Newtown Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    460 feet
  2. Academy of the City Middle School
    730 feet
  3. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  2. Discovery Lane Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Alst Playground
    970 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    1,230 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    420 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. Astoria Center of Israel Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 12 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astoria Boulevard or Newtown Avenue.

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