48th Avenue & 34th Street

The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 34th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. Q023 @ Queens Children Center is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, 33 St-Rawson St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. Within 820 feet are 28 homes, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

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48th Avenue & 34th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 33 St-Rawson St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 33 St-Rawson St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/34 St, 30 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/34 St Q39 · Shelter
    30 feet
    Q39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 St & 48 Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4804 31st Place Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 33-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 43-23 35th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

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)
Sunnyside
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 28 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 34th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 34th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 48th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. Q023 @ Queens Children Center School
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

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