49th Street & Newtown Road

The four-way crossing of 49th Street and Newtown Road is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodside Community Center is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Broadway/48 St · Q104
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
49th Street & Newtown Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    270 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
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/48 St, 330 feet away, for the Q104.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & 49 St 25 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    780 feet
  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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1949.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 49th Street

  • Time-limited parking 5 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 49th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Newtown Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. William Cullen Bryant High School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 50-37 Newtown Road Older adult center
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 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 28 places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 49th 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.