Dongan Avenue & Claremont Terrace

Dongan Avenue and Claremont Terrace meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) stands 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dongan Avenue & Claremont Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    950 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, 660 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2019.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of Claremont Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Claremont Terrace

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian (late) and Greek Revival, one each. They were built between 1831 and 1860.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    530 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    920 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    980 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    1,140 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    580 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dongan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.