48th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 45th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens, and is also named Claire Kraft Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
48 Av/44 St · Q39
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & 45th 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 six 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 …

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/44 St, 380 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/44 St Q39 · Shelter
    380 feet
    Q39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 82 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
    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. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Claire Kraft Way, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,300 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 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bur oak.

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 45th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 45th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 48th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 48th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 419182 and 425124.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
    880 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 50-15 44th Street Pre-K center
    1,130 feet
  3. The Riverview School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.