51st Avenue & 96th Street

The three-way junction of 51st Avenue and 96th Street is in Corona, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Junction Blvd/Corona Av, is 580 feet away for the Q72, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 11 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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51st Avenue & 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junction Blvd/Corona Av, 580 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/Corona Av Q72
    580 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 Ave & Junction Blvd 19 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 96th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five food stores.

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.