Pettit Avenue & Layton Street

Pettit Avenue and Layton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about two minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
650 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pettit Avenue & Layton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    650 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
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 1,160 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    1,160 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 82 St & Broadway 30 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1930 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Layton Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Layton Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Pettit Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Pettit Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    670 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    930 feet
  3. Dunningham Triangle
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,250 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Layton Street or Pettit 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.