53rd Avenue & Oceania Street
The four-way crossing of 53rd Avenue and Oceania Street is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 48 Av/Oceania St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q27 and Q31, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/Oceania St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q27 and Q31.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 48 Av/Oceania St Q27, Q310.3 milesQ27 Q31
Next buses at this stop
- Q27 …
- Q31 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 53rd Avenue and Oceania Street.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 212th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 46-61 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11364
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bayside
- Elevation
- 63 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 53rd Avenue
- No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
South side of 53rd Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Oceania Street
- No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 53rd Avenue & 208th Street 270 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 210th Street 270 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 207th Street 530 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 211th Street 570 feet
- 50th Avenue & Oceania Street 620 feet
- 56th Avenue & Oceania Street 620 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 206th Street 790 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 212th Street 830 feet
See every intersection along 53rd Avenue or Oceania Street.