111th Street & 55th Avenue

The three-way junction of 111th Street and 55th Avenue is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/Van Cleef St, is 1,170 feet away for the Q23 and Q58, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
108 St/Van Cleef St · Q23, Q58
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 1 garden and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
111th Street & 55th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/Van Cleef St, 1,170 feet away, for the Q23 and Q58.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/Van Cleef St Q23, Q58
    1,170 feet
    Q23 Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 55th Avenue.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 111 St & 53 Ave 25 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-35 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 119 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 111th Street

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

West side of 111th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 55th Avenue

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

South side of 55th Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1911.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

  1. Gates of Life Ornamental gates by Albino Manca, 1968
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 014 Fairview School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    70 feet
  2. Playground For All Children Playground
    630 feet
  3. Carousel in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature · listed historic place
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Queens Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    920 feet
  2. Mujeres en Movimento Huerto Comunitario Garden
    930 feet

Health care

  1. Rego Park Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel Corona Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Street or 55th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.