43rd Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 46th 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. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 59 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 43rd Avenue.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Queens Blvd/46 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss 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. 52 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.4 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 Queens Blvd/46 St, 720 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/46 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    720 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 73 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 Ave & 47 St 33 docks in all
    300 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. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1,280 feet

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are 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 1928 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

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

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 46th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 46th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 420808.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 104 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1924 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    520 feet
  3. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    1,230 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 46th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.