Penelope Avenue & Dry Harbor Road
Penelope Avenue and Dry Harbor Road meet at a four-way crossing in Middle Village, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Jewish Center of Forest Hills West is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Penelope Av/Dry Harbor Rd, is 10 feet away for the Q38, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Penelope Av/Dry Harbor Rd, 10 feet away, for the Q38.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Penelope Av/Dry Harbor Rd Q3810 feetQ38
Next buses at this stop
- Q38 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 64-01 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 September 2019.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11379
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Middle Village
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Dry Harbor Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Dry Harbor Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Penelope Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Penelope Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K580 feet
- Ucp of NYC - Forest Hills West Schl School660 feet
- P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole School710 feet
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- Be Kind Training Center Trade or language school840 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Juniper Valley Park220 feet
Houses of worship
- Jewish Center of Forest Hills West House of worship580 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 81st Street & Penelope Avenue 160 feet
- Juniper Boulevard South & Dry Harbor Road 180 feet
- Dry Harbor Road & Cowles Court 270 feet
- Penelope Avenue & 82nd Place 360 feet
- 81st Street & Juniper Boulevard South 390 feet
- 80th Street & Penelope Avenue 430 feet
- 64th Road & Dry Harbor Road 530 feet
- 83rd Street & Penelope Avenue 620 feet
See every intersection along Dry Harbor Road or Penelope Avenue.