Broadway & St James Avenue

Broadway and St James Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Broadway, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Broadway/Corona Av · Q58
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & St James Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    990 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. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,060 feet
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Corona Av, 350 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Corona Av Q58
    350 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South Railroad Ave & Broadway 25 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 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

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
30 feet above sea level

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 1940 and 1963.

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
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of St James Avenue

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

South side of St James Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 406957.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial, Georgian (late) and Greek Revival, one each. They were built between 1735 and 1860.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  2. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,200 feet
  3. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    790 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    820 feet
  3. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or St James 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.