Broadway & 81st Street

Broadway and 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and 39 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
370 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 1 ambulance station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    370 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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 920 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    920 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 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 westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Broadway (south side).

East side of 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US MAIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403847, 464173, 466131 and 466774.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    390 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    680 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,010 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 81st Street, Broadway or Pettit Avenue.

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