Thomson Avenue & 32nd Place

Thomson Avenue and 32nd Place meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. International High School at Laguardia Community College is 630 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 seven public places, two of them colleges, and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 32nd Place. Within 820 feet are two homes.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St-Rawson St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Queens Blvd/33 St · T320
Within a walk
7 places
2 colleges, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomson Avenue & 32nd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St-Rawson St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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, 350 feet away, for the T320.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 32nd Place.

  • 104 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
    430 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. 32-20 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    180 feet
  2. 33-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    460 feet
  3. 43-23 35th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1,310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2018.

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
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2025 and July 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 8am to 2pm on Thomson Avenue (south side).

East side of 32nd Place

  • Metered parking 6 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 32nd Place

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

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 425841, 425992 and 429622.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The YMCA of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. NY School for Med & Dent Assts College
    530 feet
  3. International High School at Laguardia Community College School
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Middle College High School at Laguardia Community College School
    630 feet
  2. Laguardia Community College Early Childhood Learning Center Programs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Fiorello H. Laguardia Comm College
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City YMCA Recreation center
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and one food store.

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 32nd Place or Thomson Avenue.

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