43rd Avenue & 61st Street

The three-way junction of 43rd Avenue and 61st Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1964, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Queens Blvd/60 St · Q60
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    1,190 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/60 St, 560 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/60 St Q60 · Shelter
    560 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 St & 43 Ave 20 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-11 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
Woodside
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1931 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413392 and 417115.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Greater New York Academy School
    1,210 feet
  3. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Big Bush Playground
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility Nursing home or hospice
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 11 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.