43rd Avenue & 88th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 88th Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 88th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    950 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 650 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    650 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1939 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 462846.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    640 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    640 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    820 feet
  2. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    150 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 19 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue, 88th Street or Whitney Avenue.

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