Ditmars Boulevard & 37th Street

Ditmars Boulevard and 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Catherine & St George Church is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Ditmars Blvd/36 St · Q69
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmars Boulevard & 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/36 St, 240 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/36 St Q69
    240 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 36 St & Ditmars Blvd 25 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-06 Ditmars Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 37th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 37th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Ditmars Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Ditmars Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416308 and 419747.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mushroom House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    1,180 feet
  3. Happy Bees Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ditmars Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine & St George Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. Masjid Dar Al Dawah Mosques House of worship
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 49/Engine 312 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Berry Fresh Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Street or Ditmars Boulevard.

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