Broadway & Woodside Avenue

Broadway and Woodside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them parks, and 55 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Broadway, all day, and a bike lane separated from traffic along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
770 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & Woodside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    770 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
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 520 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway and Woodside Avenue.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    350 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
  • Turn calming, May 2023

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1928 and 1955.

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
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 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 Baxter Avenue

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

West side of Baxter Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY PD & DOC
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 3 signs AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US MAIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462182, 464174, 465219 and 465220.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    290 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    790 feet
  3. Dunningham Triangle
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    610 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baxter Avenue, Broadway or Woodside 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.