50th Avenue & 90th Street

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and 90th Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Newtown High School is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
90 St/48 Av · Q29
Within a walk
20 places
15 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 90 St/48 Av, 410 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St/48 Av Q29
    410 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 90 St & 51 Ave 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 50th Avenue

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

East side of 90th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 90th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Flemish Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1920 and 1931.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. International High School for Health Sciences School
    340 feet
  2. Newtown High School Landmark
    340 feet
  3. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    490 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Listed historic place
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue or 90th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.