50th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
48 St/50 Av · B24, Q39
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 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 St/50 Av, 610 feet away, for the B24 and Q39.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/50 Av B24, Q39
    610 feet
    B24 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 50th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & 50 Ave 21 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 35-15 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 six 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 March 2026.

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1925 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 46th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 46th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. The Riverview School
    710 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 50-15 44th Street Pre-K center
    710 feet
  3. I.S. 125 Thom J. McCann Woodside School
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and eight 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 46th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.