48th Avenue & 5th Street

The four-way crossing of 48th Avenue and 5th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S./I.S. 78q is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Vernon Blvd/49 Av · Q103
Within a walk
17 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    1,150 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vernon Blvd/49 Av, 930 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd/49 Av Q103
    930 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 Ave & 5 St 79 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 509 48th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 15 Level 2 chargers
    200 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1996 and 2008.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 48th Avenue

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

South side of 48th Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 422245.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    350 feet
  3. Bright Start Center LIC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 10
  1. Lolly's Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - Chabad of West Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Gantry View School
    970 feet
  4. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  5. Bunnyhill LIC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  6. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    1,220 feet
  7. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andrews Grove Playground
    570 feet
  2. Long Island City Community Garden
    570 feet
  3. Gantry Plaza State Park
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Library
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church 49 Ave LIC House of worship
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,050 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    380 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Avenue or 5th Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.