43rd Avenue & Ithaca Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and Ithaca Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Corona Av/91 Pl · Q58
Within a walk
18 places
15 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & Ithaca Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 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, 820 feet away, for the Q58.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    880 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 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

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2026, 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 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Ithaca Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ithaca Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1920 and 1931.

  1. Newtown High School Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or Ithaca 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.