49th Street & Maspeth Avenue

The four-way crossing of 49th Street and Maspeth Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Maurice Av/Maspeth Av, is 0.5 miles away for the Q39, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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49th Street & Maspeth Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Maurice Av/Maspeth Av, 0.5 miles away, for the Q39.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Maurice Av/Maspeth Av Q39
    0.5 miles
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Long Island Expressway & 48th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 58-09 Rust Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
26 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104 and 108 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 49th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 49th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Maspeth Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.