39th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. It lies inside the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Phipps Playground stands 130 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 39th Avenue.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
48 St/39 Av · Q104
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/39 Av, 570 feet away, for the Q104.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & Barnett Ave 25 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
59 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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 50th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 50th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 189 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1927 and 1928.

  1. Phipps Playground Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Sunnyside Gardens Park Community Center & Park Office Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Middle School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. 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 nine places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or 50th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.