50th Avenue & Garfield Avenue

The three-way junction of 50th Avenue and Garfield Avenue is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Sunnyside Congregation is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/49 Av, is 750 feet away for the Q47, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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50th Avenue & Garfield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 69 St/49 Av, 750 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St/49 Av Q47
    750 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 Ave & 65 St 19 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    340 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer 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 October 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)
Woodside
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1970.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry plum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Garfield Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Tiegerman School at Woodside School
    980 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 70-20 47th Avenue Pre-K center
    980 feet
  3. P.S. 437 Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Denizko Daycare Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Sunnyside Congregation House of worship
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.