43rd Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 47th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. It lies inside the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sabba Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
47 St/Queens Blvd · Q104
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    640 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
    1,300 feet
    7
  2. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.5 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 47 St/Queens Blvd, 530 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 47 St/Queens Blvd Q104 · Shelter
    530 feet
    Q104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 43rd Avenue and 47th Street.

  • 64 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
    40 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. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
65 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 3,600 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.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and October 2025, 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

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

East side of 47th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 47th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 96 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

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    970 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 23 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 47th 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.