Queens Boulevard & 33rd Street

Queens Boulevard and 33rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Rawson Street by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. NY School for Med & Dent Assts is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St-Rawson St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 20 places to eat. Within 820 feet are two homes.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St-Rawson St
30 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Queens Blvd/33 St · T320
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 colleges and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 33rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St-Rawson St, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    30 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.4 miles
    E F R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 33 St-Rawson St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/33 St, 90 feet away, for the T320.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/33 St T320
    90 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 105 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 33 St & Queens Blvd 24 docks in all
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 36-10 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 33-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    260 feet
  3. 43-23 35th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,110 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2004
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside

This corner is also named Rawson Street, a co-naming enacted on June 3, 2003 (Local Law 34 of 2003).

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are two homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rawson Street.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 417855 and 420574.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. NY School for Med & Dent Assts College
    220 feet
  2. The YMCA of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. International High School at Laguardia Community College School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Middle College High School at Laguardia Community College School
    950 feet
  2. Laguardia Community College Early Childhood Learning Center Programs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School
    1,000 feet
  4. Fiorello H. Laguardia Comm College
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City YMCA Recreation center
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 33rd Street or Queens Boulevard.

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