51st Avenue & 87th Street

The three-way junction of 51st Avenue and 87th Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Library is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1956 and 1986, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
720 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Broadway/Corona Av · Q58
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
51st Avenue & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    720 feet
    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 Broadway/Corona Av, 490 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Corona Av Q58
    490 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 90 St & 51 Ave 19 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 87th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 87th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial, Georgian (late) and Greek Revival, one each. They were built between 1735 and 1860.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    270 feet
  2. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  3. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. International High School for Health Sciences School
    1,290 feet
  2. Newtown High School
    1,290 feet
  3. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    240 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    480 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    710 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st Avenue or 87th Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.