Astoria Boulevard South & Hoyt Avenue South

Astoria Boulevard South and Hoyt Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hoyt Playground is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Astoria Boulevard South & Hoyt Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    360 feet
    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
  2. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.5 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 Hoyt Av South/31 St, 340 feet away, for the M60 SBS.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av South/31 St M60 SBS · Shelter
    340 feet
    M60 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Astoria Blvd 31 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Columbus Square.

  1. Christopher Columbus Statue by Angelo Racioppi, 1941
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Columbus Square
    320 feet
  2. Hoyt Playground
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. 114th Precinct Police station
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 22 corners within a three-minute walk:

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