47th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Library is 310 feet away, and I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 83 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Greenpoint Av/43 St · B24
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss 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
    0.3 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greenpoint Av/43 St, 260 feet away, for the B24.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street and 47th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.4 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
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2024

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
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 2,800 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 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 47th Avenue (south side).

East side of 43rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 43rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 47th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412319, 416827, 418957, 425268 and 425839.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Lab School
    300 feet
  2. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
    1,140 feet
  3. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,210 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 83 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 43rd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.