48th Avenue & 111th Street

The three-way junction of 48th Avenue and 111th Street is in Corona, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Corona Golf Playground is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
108 St/48 Av · Q23
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 111 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/48 Av, 900 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/48 Av Q23
    900 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 111 St & 49 Ave 30 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 46-11 108th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 109-5 Marina Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona; the corner is on the edge of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park area
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern white pine.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 111th Street

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

West side of 111th Street

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

North side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Forms in Transit Sculpture by Theodore Roszak, 1964
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at New York Hall of Science Pre-K center
    520 feet
  2. Corona Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    70 feet
  2. Corona Golf Playground
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 111th Street or 48th Avenue.

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