48th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 40th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 199 Maurice A. FitzGerald is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1942, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
48 Av/Greenpoint Av · Q39
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & 40th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/Greenpoint Av, 100 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/Greenpoint Av Q39
    100 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 Ave & 41 St 21 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1942.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 40th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 40th Street

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

North side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 199 Maurice A. FitzGerald School
    440 feet
  2. High Five Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.