43rd Street & Skillman Avenue

The four-way crossing of 43rd Street and Skillman Avenue is in Sunnyside, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 150 Queens is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
48 St/Skillman Av · Q104
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Street & Skillman Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/Skillman Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q104.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/Skillman Av Q104
    0.3 miles
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 43rd Street and Skillman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 Ave & 42 St 24 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Skillman Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1930 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 200 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1926 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Sunnyside Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    360 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Queens School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Torsney Playground
    50 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Street or Skillman Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.