47th Avenue & 111th Street

The three-way junction of 47th Avenue and 111th Street is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Forms in Transit” is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
108 St/47 Av · Q23
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 111 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/47 Av, 950 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/47 Av Q23
    950 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 47 Ave & 109 St 27 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 114th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-11 108th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 109-5 Marina Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 220 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of 111th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 111th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 47th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 47th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

  1. Forms in Transit Sculpture by Theodore Roszak, 1964
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at New York Hall of Science Pre-K center
    250 feet
  2. Corona Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corona Golf Playground
    70 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Street or 47th Avenue.

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