51st Avenue & Poyer Street

The four-way crossing of 51st Avenue and Poyer Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall), one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
960 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Queens Blvd/Van Loon St · Q60
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
51st Avenue & Poyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    960 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 Queens Blvd/Van Loon St, 330 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Van Loon St Q60
    330 feet
    Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 Ave & Van Loon St 24 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    850 feet
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Van Loon Street

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

West side of Van Loon Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1735 and 1924.

  1. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    810 feet
  2. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
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  1. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    1,230 feet
  4. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    390 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Elmhurst Library
    680 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    570 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    420 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    640 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st Avenue, Poyer Street or Van Loon Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.