52nd Avenue & Van Horn Street

The three-way junction of 52nd Avenue and Van Horn Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ascension Catholic Church is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1932 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Grand Av/Goldsmith St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
52nd Avenue & Van Horn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,280 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/Goldsmith St, 260 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/Goldsmith St Q58, Q59 · Shelter
    260 feet
    Q58 Q59
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    1,220 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
    0.5 miles
  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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1964.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of 52nd Avenue

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

South side of 52nd Avenue

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

South side of Van Horn Street

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

West side of Van Horn Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance, and built between 1923 and 1924.

  1. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Slope Park
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. St Aldebert Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    860 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

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 23 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 52nd Avenue or Van Horn Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.