49th Avenue & 5th Street

The four-way crossing of 49th Avenue and 5th Street 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. Andrews Grove is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
49th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    920 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, 700 feet away, for the Q103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 Ave & 5 St 79 docks in all
    240 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. 4-74 48th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    250 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 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 January 2025.

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 two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,600 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 2013.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 49th Avenue

  • 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 ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 49th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 5th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 5th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415055 and 427010.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 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
    680 feet
Show all 9
  1. Gantry View School
    730 feet
  2. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Lolly's Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  4. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    990 feet
  5. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  6. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - Chabad of West Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andrews Grove Playground
    330 feet
  2. Long Island City Community Garden
    330 feet
  3. Gantry Plaza State Park
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    1,010 feet
  2. Dog Run in Hunter's Point South Park Dog run
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    810 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    620 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 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 49th 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.