Queens Boulevard & Broadway

Queens Boulevard and Broadway meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. The corner is also named Paddy G’s Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 48 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 2,821 bus-lane, 5,233 red-light and 388 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R.

Safety record
24 hurt
48 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
260 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Queens Blvd/Grand Av · Q60
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    260 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. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Grand Av, 100 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Grand Av Q60 · Shelter
    100 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway and Grand Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 48 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2010

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,233 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 32nd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,493 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Queens Boulevard4,1602,064
Eastbound on Queens Boulevard1,073429
Total5,2332,493

In 2025, 388 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,331st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 183 more were issued.

In 2025, 2,821 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 65th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,158 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Paddy G’s Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Paddy G’s Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and September 2025; 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 8am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

West side of Broadway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 3PM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10AM-3PM ALL DAYS

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464136, 464860 and 467985.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial, and built between 1735 and 1736.

  1. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  2. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    310 feet
  3. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Elmhurst Library
    780 feet
  3. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    670 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,070 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    750 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Broadway, Grand Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

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