43rd Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 40th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 150 Queens is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about two 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 43 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 43rd Avenue.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
840 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 & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    630 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 33 St-Rawson 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, 840 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/39 Pl Q32, Q60
    840 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.

  • 62 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
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1938.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 40th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 40th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 411877.

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
    200 feet
  2. Sunnyside Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Torsney Playground
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 14 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 40th Street 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.