St James Avenue & Poyer Street

St James Avenue and Poyer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Hospital Center is 680 feet away, and Elmhurst Library is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Queens Blvd/Van Loon St · Q60
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St James Avenue & Poyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,300 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
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Van Loon St, 680 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Van Loon St Q60
    680 feet
    Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 Ave & Van Loon St 24 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of St James Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of St James Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1735 and 1924.

  1. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    890 feet
  3. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    950 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    1,150 feet
  4. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  5. Elm Community Charter School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Elmhurst Library
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    810 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Poyer Street or St James 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.