50th Avenue & 5th Street

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and 5th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens, and is also named Det. Mary ‘Mae’ Foley Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Community Garden is 440 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 22 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
670 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Borden Av/5 St · Q101, Q103
Within a walk
22 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    670 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
    0.5 miles
    G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Borden Av/5 St, 550 feet away, for the Q101 and Q103.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borden Av/5 St Q101, Q103
    550 feet
    Q101 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & 51 Ave 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5-19 Borden Avenue Charging for electric cars, 38 Level 2 chargers
    920 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
9 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Det. Mary ‘Mae’ Foley Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,500 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 2000 and 2013.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Det. Mary ‘Mae’ Foley Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 50th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416850.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 1 dog run
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Gantry View School
    470 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    610 feet
Show all 12
  1. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Bright Start Center LIC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  4. Academy for Careers in Television and Film School
    1,100 feet
  5. Hunters Point Community Middle School
    1,100 feet
  6. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    1,100 feet
  7. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  8. Lolly's Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  9. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andrews Grove Playground
    440 feet
  2. Long Island City Community Garden
    440 feet
  3. Gantry Plaza State Park
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    880 feet
  2. Old Hickory Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Dog Run in Hunter's Point South Park Dog run
    1,110 feet
  4. Hunter's Point South Playground (North) Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    640 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue or 5th Street.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.