51st Avenue & Marathon Parkway

The three-way junction of 51st Avenue and Marathon Parkway is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur is 220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marathon Pkwy/51 Av, is 90 feet away for the Q30, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and seven places to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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51st Avenue & Marathon Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marathon Pkwy/51 Av, 90 feet away, for the Q30.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marathon Pkwy/51 Av Q30
    90 feet
    Q30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
159 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Marathon Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur School
    220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Louis Pasteur Park
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.