Broadway & 42nd Street

Broadway and 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. The corner is also named Vincent Cannariato Jr. 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. Korean Central Church of NY is 940 feet away, and Most Precious Blood RC Church is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Steinway St, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 73 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Steinway St
820 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Broadway/Steinway St · Q104
Within a walk
6 places
2 trade or language schools, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Steinway St, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Steinway St M, R
    820 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. 46 St M, R
    1,030 feet
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Steinway St, 440 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Steinway St Q104 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    440 feet
    Q104
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 St & Broadway 25 docks in all
    310 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. 43-02 31st Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 31-30 Steinway Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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 (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Vincent Cannariato Jr. Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Vincent Cannariato Jr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421408 and 422048.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Betty Owen Secretarial Systems Trade or language school
    540 feet
  2. Empire Beauty School Trade or language school
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sean's Place Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Broadway Library
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Korean Central Church of NY House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Steinway Post Office
    320 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    590 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,190 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.