39th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Gardens Park Community Center & Park Office stands 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 39th Avenue.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
48 St/39 Av · Q104
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/39 Av, 540 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/39 Av Q104
    540 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 39th Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 Ave & 45 St 19 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 46th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 46th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 354 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1926 and 1927.

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Park Community Center & Park Office Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Middle School
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or 46th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.