47th Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 36th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 112 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School is 520 feet away, and International High School at Laguardia Community College is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St-Rawson St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
33 St-Rawson St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Queens Blvd/35 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
6 places
4 schools, 1 college and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St-Rawson St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    1,270 feet
    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 33 St-Rawson St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/35 St, 980 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/35 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    980 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 47th Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 36 St & 47 Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-23 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more 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 January 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 112 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,738th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 71 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
58 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 130 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 36th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 36th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 47th Avenue

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

South side of 47th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421421 and 426542.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Aviation Career & Technical Education High School
    520 feet
  2. Queens Technical High School
    600 feet
  3. NY School for Med & Dent Assts College
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. International High School at Laguardia Community College School
    1,250 feet
  2. Middle College High School at Laguardia Community College School
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 36th Street or 47th Avenue.

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