47th Avenue & Center Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and Center Boulevard is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Long Island City Ferry Landing is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
Vernon Blvd/46 Rd · Q103
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Avenue & Center Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vernon Blvd/46 Rd, 1,250 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd/46 Rd Q103
    1,250 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Center Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Center Blvd & 48 Ave 27 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 509 48th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    910 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 2006 and 2011.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Center Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 423740.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated Pepsi-Cola Sign (550 feet).

  1. Pepsi-Cola Sign Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start Center LIC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Lolly's Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    900 feet
  2. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gantry Plaza State Park
    500 feet
  2. Hunter's Point South Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Library
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    530 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Other places

  1. Long Island City Ferry Landing
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th Avenue or Center Boulevard.

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