45th Avenue & 81st Street

The three-way junction of 45th Avenue and 81st Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst A Post Office is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    690 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. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 1,020 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    1,020 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 82 St & Broadway 30 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 466774.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,000 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    690 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 13 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 45th Avenue or 81st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.