45th Avenue & 83rd Street

The four-way crossing of 45th Avenue and 83rd Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Renaissance Charter School 2 is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and 47 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
120 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    120 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
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 460 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South Railroad Ave & Broadway 25 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 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 October 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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1940 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 45th Avenue (north side).

South side of 45th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    440 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    50 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 20 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 83rd 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.