54th Avenue & 50th Street

The three-way junction of 54th Avenue and 50th Street is in Sunnyside, Queens, at the edge of Calvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 48 St/54 Av, is 430 feet away for the 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. Within 820 feet are 21 homes, mostly built in 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

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54th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/54 Av, 430 feet away, for the Q67.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/54 Av Q67 · Shelter
    430 feet
    Q67
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q67 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Long Island Expressway & 48th Street, 710 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 59-49 Maurice Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.8 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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; the corner is on the edge of the Calvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries area
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 21 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 50th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

North side of 54th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 54th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 monument or memorial

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument Monument or memorial
    400 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.