53rd Avenue & Seabury Street

The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and Seabury Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Italian Senior Citizens Center is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about two minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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53rd Avenue & Seabury Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    510 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/Queens Blvd, 260 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/Queens Blvd Q58, Q59, Q98 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    260 feet
    Q58 Q59 Q98
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …
  3. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

No 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 December 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 53rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 53rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seabury Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    810 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    990 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.