39th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 55th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Doughboy Park is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
58 St/39 Av · Q18
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 monument or memorial and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 52 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/39 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/39 Av Q18
    810 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 39th Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 Ave & 54 St 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1925 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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 June 2014 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

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

South side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 55th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 55th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. The Woodside Community School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Doughboy Park
    730 feet
  2. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or 55th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.