39th Avenue & Barnett Avenue

The three-way junction of 39th Avenue and Barnett Avenue is in Sunnyside Yards (South), Queens. It lies on the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sunnyside Middle School is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
48 St/39 Av · Q104
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & Barnett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.5 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, 890 feet away, for the Q104.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 6 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
    110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Skillman Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside Yards (South)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 600 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 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Barnett Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barnett Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 312 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1926 and 1927.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Middle School
    830 feet
  2. Little Friends School Sunnyside Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar 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 is one place to eat.

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 Barnett Avenue.

Sources: MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.