Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)

Neighborhood · Queens

Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) takes in the eastern side of Astoria and the northern edge of Woodside, between Steinway Street and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, from Astoria Boulevard and the Grand Central Parkway south to Northern Boulevard.

  • 0.93 square miles
  • 38,673 residents, 2020 Census
  • 152 street corners
  • 2 subway stations
  • 7 bus routes

Two large housing complexes of the 1930s and 1940s anchor the area. Boulevard Gardens, ten six-story buildings on 12 acres, was finished in 1935 with the help of a Public Works Administration loan, and the New York City Housing Authority's Woodside Houses, 20 buildings along Broadway, 31st Avenue and 49th and 51st Streets, followed in 1949.

Sources: Boulevard Gardens Apartments - Woodside NY (The Living New Deal); Woodside (NYCHA development map and building list) (New York City Housing Authority); Woodside, Queens (Wikipedia).

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Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) borders seven areas, and 31st Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 24 of 152.

Street map of Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, outlined among Astoria (Central), Sunnyside Yards (North), St. Michael's Cemetery and Woodside, with its two subway stations and St. Michael's Playground.Astoria (North)-Ditmars-SteinwayJackson HeightsWoodsideSunnyside Yards (North)Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch KillsAstoria (Central)
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Steinway St lines M R
  • 46 St lines M R

Getting around

Two subway stations and buses on seven routes stop in or at the edge of Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

  • 2 subway stations
  • 7 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • M60-SBS
  • Q18
  • Q19
  • Q63
  • Q66
  • Q101
  • Q104

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,527 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 10.0 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 9 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 28 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
21
Accessible pedestrian signals
17
Turn calming
7
Enhanced crossings
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more red-light camera tickets than school-zone speed or bus-lane tickets.

  • 9,185 red-light camera tickets at three corners
  • 4,925 school-zone speed camera tickets at six corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Steinway Street & Astoria Boulevard South, 5,041
Most speed tickets
Northern Boulevard & Steinway Street, 1,458

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 38,673 residents in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), about 41,600 per square mile.

  • 17,659 homes, 2020 Census
  • 1,026 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 3,864 residential lots hold buildings from 1930 or earlier, and 60% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

NYCHA development

NYCHA's Woodside development lies wholly or partly within Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

Parks

Parkland
8.8 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
St. Michael's Playground (5.4 acres), Astoria Heights Playground (2.3 acres) and Sean's Place (0.6 acre)

Streets and trees

Trees
2,834 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, London planetree and thornless honeylocust
Street with the most corners
31st Avenue, with 24 of the area's 152
Height above sea level
From 23 feet at 30th Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to 76 feet at 28th Avenue & 44th Street
Honorary street names
13 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and one library in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

Public schools
4
Charter and private schools
5
Library
Broadway Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 28 bike-share stations stand in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

  • 28 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 461 major felonies at places in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)

  • 404 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,316 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), the NYPD recorded another 126 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 15.2 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North).

Police precincts
114th (most of the area), 115th
Major felonies recorded at places in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 175 major felonies at places in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), against 215 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.