48th Street & Newtown Road

The four-way crossing of 48th Street and Newtown Road is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. William Cullen Bryant High School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Broadway/48 St · Q104
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Street & Newtown Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    100 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Steinway St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/48 St, 150 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/48 St Q104
    150 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 48th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of 48th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. William Cullen Bryant High School
    760 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    100 feet
  2. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    320 feet
  3. Woodside Houses Park
    320 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    790 feet
  2. Older adult center at 50-37 Newtown Road Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and nine 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 48th Street or Newtown Road.

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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.