Is Queens safe? United States travel risk
Is Queens safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Queens scores 39/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Queens scores 39/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Queens: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (63/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 40.7498° N, 73.7976° W in New York, Queens features an altitude of 12 m. The settlement is located 342.9 km SW from Washington.
New York
40.7498° N, 73.7976° W
12 m
America/New_York
2,405,464
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: December (106 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -4° | -4° | 0° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 88 | 74 | 94 | 101 | 98 | 96 | 87 | 104 | 86 | 82 | 97 | 106 |
Normals: New York (12.4 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Queens happened in September (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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