43rd Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens, and is also named Dolores Rizzotto Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 325/Ladder 163 firehouse is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Roosevelt Av/51 St · Q32
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    520 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
    1,260 feet
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/51 St, 520 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/51 St Q32 · Shelter
    520 feet
    Q32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 43rd Avenue and 50th Street.

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & 43 Ave 27 docks in all
    170 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
    720 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dolores Rizzotto Way, a co-naming enacted on March 18, 2017 (Local Law 45 of 2017).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dolores Rizzotto Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 50th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412570, 419761, 426272 and 426582.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 33 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1924 and 1927.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sabba Park.

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    210 feet
  2. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    190 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    670 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    510 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 50th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.