43rd Avenue & 39th Place

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 39th Place is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lowery Plaza is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 43rd Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
890 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Queens Blvd/39 Pl · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 39th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    890 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/39 Pl, 580 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/39 Pl Q32, Q60
    580 feet
    Q32 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 43rd Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 Ave & 40 St 21 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Skillman Avenue Gas station
    880 feet
  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 five 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1930 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 39th Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 39th Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 425106.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 150 Queens School
    460 feet
  2. Sunnyside Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Torsney Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 43-39 39th Street Older adult center
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Place or 43rd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.