48th Street & Greenpoint Avenue

The four-way crossing of 48th Street and Greenpoint Avenue is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Queens Blvd/48 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Street & Greenpoint Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    350 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    1,180 feet
    7
  2. 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 Queens Blvd/48 St, 190 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/48 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    190 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 48th Street and Greenpoint Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenpoint Ave & 47 St 25 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1927 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Greenpoint Avenue (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Queens Boulevard (both sides).

East side of 48th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 60 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of 48th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Greenpoint Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411982, 416095, 422592, 425201, 425709 and 426748.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1924 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sabba Park.

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    700 feet
  3. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sabba Park
    130 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Street or Greenpoint 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.