50th Avenue & Vernon Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens, and is also named P.O. Paul Talty Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Andrews Grove is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
40 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Jackson Av/49 Av · T323
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & Vernon Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    40 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
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jackson Av/49 Av, 90 feet away, for the T323.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/49 Av T323
    90 feet
    T323

Next buses at this stop

  1. T323 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 71 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Vernon Blvd & 50 Ave 45 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5-19 Borden Avenue Charging for electric cars, 38 Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

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
15 feet above sea level

This corner carries three co-namings: P.O. Paul Talty Way (Local Law 34 of 2003, enacted on June 3, 2003), Frank Carrado LIC Mayor Way (Local Law 10 of 2025, enacted on January 18, 2025) and Luis Alvarez Way (Local Law 14 of 2021, enacted on January 17, 2021).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Vernon Boulevard (west side).

North side of 50th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 50th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Vernon Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 415054, 415497, 415498 and 416060.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gantry View School
    350 feet
  2. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    430 feet
  3. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
Show all 8
  1. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - Chabad of West Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Bunnyhill LIC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  4. Millie’s World Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andrews Grove Playground
    270 feet
  2. Old Hickory Playground
    420 feet
  3. Long Island City Community Garden
    490 feet
Show all 4
  1. Notorious LIC Park
    780 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue or Vernon Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.