194th Street & 53rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 194th Street and 53rd Avenue is in Auburndale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Kissena Corridor Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Court Blvd/195 St, is 830 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 53rd Avenue. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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194th Street & 53rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Court Blvd/195 St, 830 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Court Blvd/195 St Q26
    830 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 53rd Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Underhill Avenue at Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-61 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
20
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Auburndale
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 53rd Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of 53rd Avenue

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Home Sweet Home Children's School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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