43rd Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
13 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
Queens Blvd/41 St · Q32, Q60, T320
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery 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. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 52 St 7
    0.4 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/41 St, 1,110 feet away, for the Q32, Q60 and T320.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/41 St Q32, Q60, T320 · Shelter
    1,110 feet
    Q32 Q60 T320
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …
  3. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 Ave & 42 St 24 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1,020 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,800 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 43rd 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
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 43rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 43rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 417897, 424582 and 427187.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Queens School
    810 feet
  3. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. The Children's Lab School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Torsney Playground
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 43rd Street.

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