45th Avenue & 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 45th Avenue and 82nd Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
420 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    420 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
    0.5 miles
    M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 760 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 82 St & Broadway 30 docks in all
    460 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
    0.7 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 45th Avenue

  • 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 82nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404916, 464210 and 467406.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    740 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    430 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th Avenue or 82nd 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.