48th Avenue & Center Boulevard

The three-way junction of 48th Avenue and Center Boulevard is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Gantry Plaza State Park is 130 feet away, and Hunter's Point South Playground (North) is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
Center Blvd/Borden Av · Q101, Q103
Within a walk
16 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Avenue & Center Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Center Blvd/Borden Av, 1,130 feet away, for the Q101 and Q103.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Center Blvd/Borden Av Q101, Q103
    1,130 feet
    Q101 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Center Boulevard.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Center Blvd & 48 Ave 27 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 4-74 48th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    510 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11109
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 2002 and 2013.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Center Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    320 feet
  2. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Bright Start Center LIC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. Lolly's Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Academy for Careers in Television and Film School
    1,090 feet
  3. Hunters Point Community Middle School
    1,090 feet
  4. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  6. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gantry Plaza State Park
    130 feet
  2. Hunter's Point South Park
    630 feet
  3. Dog Run in Hunter's Point South Park Dog run
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hunter's Point South Playground (North) Playground
    980 feet
  2. Andrews Grove Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Long Island City Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Library
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    700 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Avenue or Center Boulevard.

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