47th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 40th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Lowery Plaza is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 50 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
48 Av/Greenpoint Av · Q39
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    740 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/Greenpoint Av, 780 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/Greenpoint Av Q39
    780 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 St & 47 Ave 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • 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 1929 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 40th Street

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

West side of 40th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 47th Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424858, 424859 and 425946.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Lab School
    810 feet
  2. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Queens Technical High School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 199 Maurice A. FitzGerald School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    560 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th Street or 47th Avenue.

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