53rd Avenue & 111th Street

The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 111th Street is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 70 feet away, and Playground For All Children is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/Corona Av, is 1,250 feet away for the Q23, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,250 feet
108 St/Corona Av · Q23
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/Corona Av, 1,250 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/Corona Av Q23 · Shelter
    1,250 feet
    Q23
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 111 St & 53 Ave 25 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-35 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 111th Street

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

West side of 111th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 53rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 53rd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 465469.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1911.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

  1. Gates of Life Ornamental gates by Albino Manca, 1968
    580 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 zoo or aquarium

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    70 feet
  2. Carousel in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature · listed historic place
    730 feet
  3. Queens Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Playground For All Children Playground
    1,150 feet
  2. William F Moore Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel Corona Landmark · listed historic place
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 107-24 Corona Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven food stores.

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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Street or 53rd Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.