47th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Children's Lab School is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 71 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Greenpoint Av/43 St · B24
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    1,260 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
    0.3 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 Greenpoint Av/43 St, 520 feet away, for the B24.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greenpoint Av/43 St B24
    520 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 42nd Street and 47th Avenue.

  • 77 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 St & Greenpoint Ave 27 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018

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
94 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 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 115 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 42nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 47th Avenue

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

South side of 47th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 423754.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Lab School
    290 feet
  2. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 42nd 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.