48th Avenue & 189th Street
The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 189th Street is in Auburndale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/48 Av, is 960 feet away for the Q31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/48 Av, 960 feet away, for the Q31.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/48 Av Q31960 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Underhill Avenue at Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 46-61 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Auburndale
- Elevation
- 74 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- 48th Avenue & 190th Street 260 feet
- 48th Avenue & 188th Street 270 feet
- 48th Avenue & 192nd Street 520 feet
- 48th Avenue & 187th Street 540 feet
- 47th Avenue & 189th Street 660 feet
- 48th Avenue & 193rd Street 780 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 48th Avenue 790 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 186th Street at Gladwin Avenue 840 feet
See every intersection along 189th Street or 48th Avenue.