48th Street & Barnett Avenue

The four-way crossing of 48th Street and Barnett Avenue is in Sunnyside Yards (South), Queens. It lies on the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Middle School is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
48 St/39 Av · Q104
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Street & Barnett Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/39 Av, 310 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/39 Av Q104
    310 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 48th Street.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & Barnett Ave 18 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 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 Yards (South)
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1928 and 1931.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 48th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 48th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Barnett Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barnett Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 172 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1926 and 1927.

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Park Community Center & Park Office Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Phipps Playground Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Middle School
    250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Gardens Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    860 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Street or Barnett Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.