52nd Street & 39th Drive

The three-way junction of 52nd Street and 39th Drive is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Windmuller Park Mini Pool is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Roosevelt Av/52 St · T320
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
52nd Street & 39th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    1,310 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/52 St, 1,230 feet away, for the T320.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/52 St T320
    1,230 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 Dr & 52 St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Drive

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 52 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built in 1928.

  1. Phipps Playground Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    40 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    740 feet
  3. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,030 feet
  2. Woodside Library
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    390 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Drive or 52nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.