51st Avenue & Ireland Street
The four-way crossing of 51st Avenue and Ireland Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elm Community Charter School is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/Ireland St, is 520 feet away for the Q60, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ireland St, 520 feet away, for the Q60.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/Ireland St Q60520 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Queens Blvd & Albion Ave 21 docks in all810 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station980 feet
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11373
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 4
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 110
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Elmhurst
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 1940 and 1963.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Ireland Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Ireland Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Books & Rattles - Peek a Boo School560 feet
- I.S. 5 - the Walter Crowley Intermediate School620 feet
- Elm Community Charter School840 feet
Show all 4
- Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Long Island Mews Park990 feet
- Long Island Mews Playground1,000 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch990 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 51st Avenue & Hillyer Street 270 feet
- 51st Avenue & Jacobus Street 280 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Ireland Street 450 feet
- 51st Avenue & Gorsline Street 550 feet
- Queens Boulevard & Hillyer Street 720 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Hillyer Street 730 feet
- 51st Avenue & Manilla Street 770 feet
- 51st Avenue & 73rd Place 800 feet
See every intersection along 51st Avenue or Ireland Street.