43rd Avenue & 69th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 69th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,406 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Queens New Roots (West) is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 69 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
69 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
69 St/Queens Blvd · Q47
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 69th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 69 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 69 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Queens Blvd, 350 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St/Queens Blvd Q47
    350 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 69th Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 69 St & 43 Ave 19 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,406 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 585th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 677 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on 69th Street732362
Southbound on 69th Street674315
Total1,406677

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 69th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 69th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at P.S. 12 James P. Colgate.

  1. Winged Shadows Sculpture by Robert Adzema, 1987
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 public space
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    880 feet
  2. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. New York Institute of Medical Career Trade or language school
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crosson Green
    390 feet
  2. Crosson Park
    460 feet
  3. Queens New Roots (West) Garden
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens New Roots (East) Garden
    600 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 69-02 Queens Boulevard Public space
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 69th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.