Broadway & Vernon Boulevard

Broadway and Vernon Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Socrates Sculpture Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Vernon Blvd/Broadway, is 50 feet away for the Q103, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Vernon Boulevard.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Vernon Blvd/Broadway · Q103
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Vernon Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vernon Blvd/Broadway, 50 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd/Broadway Q103
    50 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Vernon Boulevard.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Vernon Blvd & 10 St 41 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 2007 and 2015.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the river birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Broadway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vernon Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Vernon Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 25 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as German Romanesque Revival and Mid-20th Century Modern, one each, and built between 1886 and 1958.

  1. Sohmer & Company Piano Factory Designated landmark
    560 feet
  2. Barkin, Levin & Company Office Pavilion Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 beach
  • 1 museum
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ideal Islamic School
    910 feet
  2. Long Island City High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Socrates Sculpture Park
    40 feet
  2. Halletts Cove Beach
    670 feet
  3. Rainey Park
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Costco Public space
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Noguchi Museum
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Broadway or Vernon Boulevard.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.