47th Street & Greenpoint Avenue

The four-way crossing of 47th Street and Greenpoint Avenue is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The obelisk “Sunnyside Memorial” is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 68 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1931, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
210 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
47 St/Greenpoint Av · B24
Within a walk
14 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Street & Greenpoint Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 210 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    210 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 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 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 47 St/Greenpoint Av, 40 feet away, for the B24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 47 St/Greenpoint Av B24
    40 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenpoint Ave & 47 St 25 docks in all
    70 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. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1,230 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
88 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 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 1927 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2025; 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 Greenpoint Avenue (south side).

East side of 47th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 47th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Greenpoint 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416093, 423703, 425201 and 426923.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1927 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sabba Park.

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    580 feet
  2. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
    860 feet
  3. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sabba Park
    420 feet
  2. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    1,260 feet
  3. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    260 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th Street or Greenpoint Avenue.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.