53rd Avenue & 74th Street
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 74th Street is in Maspeth, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Maspeth High School is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/74 St, is 480 feet away for the Q58, Q59 and Q98, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and four places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/74 St, 480 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Grand Av/74 St Q58, Q59, Q98480 feetQ58 Q59 Q98
Next buses at this stop
- Q58 …
- Q59 …
- Q98 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station370 feet
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
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 October 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11373
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 99 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1945.
Trees
Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Maspeth High School1,060 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Elmhurst Park1,010 feet
- Elmhurst Park Playground1,210 feet
- Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park Park feature1,230 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch420 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center50 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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:
- 74th Street & 53rd Road 220 feet
- 74th Street & 52nd Court 260 feet
- 74th Street & 52nd Drive 480 feet
- 74th Street & Grand Avenue 550 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 73rd Street 650 feet
- 74th Street & 52nd Road 730 feet
- Grand Avenue & 73rd Place 750 feet
- 73rd Street & 52nd Court 880 feet
See every intersection along 53rd Avenue or 74th Street.