50th Avenue & Long Island Expressway

The three-way junction of 50th Avenue and Long Island Expressway is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Notorious LIC Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Jackson Av/11 St · T323
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & Long Island Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    470 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hunters Point Av 7
    910 feet
    7
  2. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jackson Av/11 St, 520 feet away, for the T323.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/11 St T323
    520 feet
    T323

Next buses at this stop

  1. T323 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson Ave & 50 Ave 32 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 76 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    820 feet
  2. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Millie’s World Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - Chabad of West Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  2. Gantry View School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Notorious LIC Park
    30 feet
  2. Old Hickory Playground
    810 feet
  3. Andrews Grove Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue or Long Island Expressway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.