Queens Boulevard & 83rd Avenue

Queens Boulevard and 83rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Criminal Court is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and seven places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Queens Blvd/83 Av · Q60, QM21, QM63, QM65
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 courthouse and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 83rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Briarwood E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/83 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q60, QM21, QM63 and QM65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/83 Av Q60, QM21, QM63, QM65
    60 feet
    Q60 QM21 QM63 QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM21 …
  3. QM63 …
  4. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 83rd Avenue and Hoover Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 78 Ave 24 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-98 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side), and as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

North side of 83rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 83rd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hoover Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hoover Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYSJ
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYSJ MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444448 and 455959.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Queens County Criminal Building.

  1. Dialogue with the Sun Kinetic sculpture by Susumo Shingu, 1995
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 099 Kew Gardens School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Grove Park
    110 feet
  2. Hoover - Manton Playgrounds Park
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens Criminal Court Courthouse
    210 feet
  2. Borough Hall Post Office
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 83rd Avenue, Hoover Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

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