51st Avenue & 11th Street

The three-way junction of 51st Avenue and 11th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Old Hickory Playground is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two 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 29 places to eat.

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51st Avenue & 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    460 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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 11 St/Jackson Av, 700 feet away, for the B32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 11 St/Jackson Av B32
    700 feet
    B32

Next buses at this stop

  1. B32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.5 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
    0.8 miles

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 August 2021.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 April 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    810 feet
  2. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Millie’s World Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
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  1. Gantry View School
    1,110 feet
  2. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - Chabad of West Queens Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Notorious LIC Park
    340 feet
  2. Old Hickory Playground
    360 feet
  3. Andrews Grove Playground
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 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 29 places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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