51st Avenue & 42nd Street
The three-way junction of 51st Avenue and 42nd Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Riverview School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Midtown Expy/43rd St, is 150 feet away for the Q67, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Midtown Expy/43rd St, 150 feet away, for the Q67.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Midtown Expy/43rd St Q67150 feetQ67
Next buses at this stop
- Q67 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- 43 St & 50 Ave 19 docks in all1,060 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 35-15 Greenpoint Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11104
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26
- Police precinct
- 108
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sunnyside
- Elevation
- 63 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Posted limits from 20 to 30 mph
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Riverview School1,140 feet
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 50-15 44th Street Pre-K center1,140 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard 260 feet
- 51st Avenue & 41st Street 270 feet
- 51st Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 470 feet
- Laurel Hill Boulevard & 44th Street 520 feet
- 51st Avenue & 40th Street 530 feet
- 50th Avenue & 42nd Street 780 feet
- Laurel Hill Boulevard & 45th Street 780 feet
- 51st Avenue & 39th Place 790 feet
See every intersection along 42nd Street or 51st Avenue.