Broadway & Whitney Avenue

Broadway and Whitney Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 525 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Renaissance Charter School 2 is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Broadway, all day.

Safety record
15 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
350 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Whitney Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    350 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
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 60 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    60 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 525 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 138th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 242 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
35 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 2,500 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 1940 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and August 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 Whitney Avenue (west side).

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Broadway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Whitney Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402955, 462846, 463664 and 468183.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    210 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    1,010 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    1,250 feet
  3. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    380 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    520 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    130 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway or Whitney Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.