52nd Street & 39th Road

The three-way junction of 52nd Street and 39th Road is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lawrence Virgilio Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
48 St/39 Av · Q104
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/39 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q104.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/39 Av Q104
    0.3 miles
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
79 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 2,700 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 39th Road

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

East side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 67 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
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    30 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Road 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.