43rd Avenue & Hampton Street

The three-way junction of 43rd Avenue and Hampton Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Veterans Grove is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Corona Av/91 Pl · Q58
Within a walk
20 places
16 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & Hampton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    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. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Corona Av/91 Pl, 520 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Corona Av/91 Pl Q58 · Shelter
    520 feet
    Q58
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forley St & Lamont Ave 21 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median 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 May 2026.

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
52 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 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 43rd Avenue (south side).

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hampton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 459751 and 467826.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Renaissance Revival, and built between 1930 and 1931.

  1. Newtown High School Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    760 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    690 feet
  2. Middleburgh Triangle
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or Hampton 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.