53rd Avenue & Van Horn Street

The four-way crossing of 53rd Avenue and Van Horn Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 firehouse is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Grand Av/Goldsmith St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Avenue & Van Horn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,040 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/Goldsmith St, 500 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/Goldsmith St Q58, Q59 · Shelter
    500 feet
    Q58 Q59
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    1,190 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
    0.5 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

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 53rd Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 53rd Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Van Horn Street

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

West side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Slope Park
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge #878 Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. St Aldebert Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and ten 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 53rd Avenue or Van Horn Street.

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