51st Avenue & Jacobus Street
The four-way crossing of 51st Avenue and Jacobus Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island Mews is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/Ireland St, is 790 feet away for the Q60, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ireland St, 790 feet away, for the Q60.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/Ireland St Q60790 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Queens Blvd & Albion Ave 21 docks in all1,090 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 station1,250 feet
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.
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
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 53 signs on these blocks
- 12 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of Jacobus Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Jacobus Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Books & Rattles - Peek a Boo School280 feet
- I.S. 5 - the Walter Crowley Intermediate School340 feet
- Elm Community Charter School1,120 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Long Island Mews Park720 feet
- Long Island Mews Playground730 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch1,270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 51st Avenue & Ireland Street 280 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Ireland Street 520 feet
- 51st Avenue & 73rd Place 530 feet
- 51st Avenue & Hillyer Street 550 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Hillyer Street 800 feet
- 51st Avenue & Gorsline Street 820 feet
- Queens Boulevard & Hillyer Street 1,000 feet
- 51st Avenue & Manilla Street 1,050 feet
See every intersection along 51st Avenue.