48th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens, and is also named Winged Fist Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Library is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
48 Av/43 St · Q39
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss 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. 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 48 Av/43 St, 120 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/43 St Q39
    120 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 St & 48 Ave 24 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Winged Fist Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Winged Fist Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 43rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 48th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 427022.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Lab School
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 199 Maurice A. FitzGerald School
    1,220 feet
  3. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 50-15 44th Street Pre-K center
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Riverview School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 19 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Street or 48th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.