53rd Avenue & 46th Street
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St, is 710 feet away for the B24 and Q67, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 110 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St, 710 feet away, for the B24 and Q67.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St B24, Q67710 feetB24 Q67
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
- Q67 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Long Island Expressway & 48th Street, 730 feet by car along the streets.
- 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station1.1 miles
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26
- Police precinct
- 108
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sunnyside
- Elevation
- 87 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 110 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the mulberry.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 monument or memorial
Libraries, museums and history
- Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument Monument or memorial940 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.
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
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 54th Avenue & 46th Street 260 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 44th Street 410 feet
- 46th Street & 54th Road 520 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 53rd Avenue 530 feet
- 54th Avenue & 44th Street 670 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 48th Street 730 feet
- 46th Street & 54th Drive 780 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 43rd Street 930 feet
See every intersection along 46th Street or 53rd Avenue.