42nd Street & Greenpoint Avenue

The four-way crossing of 42nd Street and Greenpoint Avenue is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Post Office is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1938, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Greenpoint Av/42 St · B24
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Street & Greenpoint Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 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. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.3 miles
    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 Greenpoint Av/42 St, 100 feet away, for the B24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greenpoint Av/42 St B24
    100 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 42nd Street and Greenpoint Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 Ave & 41 St 21 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 42nd Street

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

West side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Greenpoint Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Greenpoint Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416379 and 418966.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Lab School
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 199 Maurice A. FitzGerald School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    80 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 19 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or Greenpoint Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.