Elmhurst

Neighborhood · Queens

Elmhurst lies between Roosevelt Avenue and the Long Island Expressway, west of Junction Boulevard, on the site of the colonial village that served as seat of the town of Newtown.

  • 1.51 square miles
  • 107,864 residents, 2020 Census
  • 335 street corners
  • 7 subway stations
  • 22 bus routes

Settlers founded it as Middleburgh in 1652, it was renamed Newtown after the English took over the colony in 1664, and in 1896 Cord Meyer gave it the name Elmhurst, a nod to its many elm trees. Landmarks include St. James Church, built in 1735-36 and the city's oldest and only surviving vernacular mission church of the Church of England, and Newtown High School, built in 1920-21 and designated a city landmark in 2003.

Sources: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. James Church (National Park Service); Newtown High School (LP-2131), designation report, June 24, 2003 (NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission); Elmhurst, Queens (Wikipedia).

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Elmhurst borders six areas, and 94th Street holds more of its corners than any other street, 29 of 335.

Street map of Elmhurst, Queens, outlined among Woodside, Jackson Heights, Corona and Middle Village, with its seven subway stations and Elmhurst Park.Jackson HeightsCoronaRego ParkMiddle VillageMaspethWoodside
  • Elmhurst
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • A station in the list
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • Junction Blvd lines 7 accessible
  • 90 St-Elmhurst Av lines 7
  • 82 St-Jackson Hts lines 7
  • 74 St-Broadway / Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av lines 7 E F M R accessible
  • Elmhurst Av lines M R
  • Grand Av-Newtown lines M R
  • Woodhaven Blvd lines M R

Getting around

Seven subway stations and buses on 22 routes stop in or at the edge of Elmhurst.

  • 7 subway stations
  • 2 of them listed by the MTA as fully accessible
  • 17 local bus routes
  • 5 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Q11
  • Q14
  • Q29
  • Q32
  • Q33
  • Q47
  • Q49
  • Q52-SBS
  • Q53-SBS
  • Q58
  • Q59
  • Q60
  • Q70-SBS
  • Q72
  • Q88
  • Q98
  • T320

Express bus routes

  • QM10
  • QM11
  • QM12
  • QM40
  • QM42

Safety record

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

  • 2,793 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 8.3 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 28 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 80 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
59
Turn calming
33
Accessible pedestrian signals
27
Safety Improvement Projects
6
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
4
Enhanced crossings
2

Camera tickets

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

  • 5,241 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 9,143 school-zone speed camera tickets at ten corners
  • 3,346 bus-lane camera tickets at two corners
Most red-light tickets
Queens Boulevard & Broadway, 5,233
Most speed tickets
Queens Boulevard & 51st Avenue, 3,979
Most bus-lane tickets
Queens Boulevard & Broadway, 2,821

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 107,864 residents in Elmhurst, about 71,400 per square mile.

  • 35,849 homes, 2020 Census
  • 2,632 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 6,730 residential lots hold buildings from 1940 or earlier, and 47% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
16.5 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Elmhurst Park (6.1 acres), Hoffman Park (2.9 acres) and Moore Homestead Playground (2 acres)
Designated landmarks
The Newtown High School; the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878; the Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown; and the Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall), among others

Streets and trees

Trees
5,109 in NYC Parks' records, most often thornless honeylocust, pin oak and London planetree
Street with the most corners
94th Street, with 29 of the area's 335
Height above sea level
From 15 feet at Horace Harding Expressway & Junction Boulevard to 101 feet at 74th Street & Grand Avenue
Honorary street names
15 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists 21 schools and one library in Elmhurst.

Public schools
11
Charter and private schools
10
Library
Elmhurst Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 35 bike-share stations stand in Elmhurst.

  • 35 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 1,175 major felonies at places in Elmhurst.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Elmhurst

  • 1,473 major felonies in 2024
  • 3,791 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Elmhurst, the NYPD recorded another 346 major felonies.

Police precincts
110th (most of the area), 104th, 115th, 108th
Major felonies recorded at places in Elmhurst, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 545 major felonies at places in Elmhurst, against 562 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.