50th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Library is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
48 Av/43 St · Q39
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 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 48 Av/43 St, 770 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/43 St Q39
    770 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street and 50th Avenue.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 43 St & 50 Ave 19 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 35-15 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Riverview School
    600 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 50-15 44th Street Pre-K center
    600 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Street or 50th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.