39th Avenue & 56th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and 56th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Woodside Community School is 570 feet away, and Steinmann Triangle is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
58 St/39 Av · Q18
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/39 Av, 550 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/39 Av Q18
    550 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 & 56 St 18 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
49 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 1,100 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2023, 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

East side of 56th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 56th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Woodside Community School
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Doughboy Park
    880 feet
  2. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or 56th 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.