50th Avenue & O'Connell Court

The three-way junction of 50th Avenue and O'Connell Court is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. International High School for Health Sciences is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1978, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
90 St/48 Av · Q29
Within a walk
16 places
12 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & O'Connell Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 90 St/48 Av, 650 feet away, for the Q29.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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
    530 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. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1978.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of O'Connell Court

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Flemish Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1890 and 1931.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. International High School for Health Sciences School
    580 feet
  2. Newtown High School Landmark
    580 feet
  3. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 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 12 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue.

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.