Britton Avenue & Layton Street

Britton Avenue and Layton Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Hampton St/Britton Av · Q29
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Britton Avenue & Layton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    300 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Britton Av, 1,050 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Britton Av Q29
    1,050 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Britton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 82 St & Broadway 30 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1938 and 1961.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Layton Street

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

South side of Layton Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    340 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Britton Avenue or Layton 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.