54th Avenue & Justice Avenue

The three-way junction of 54th Avenue and Justice Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 137 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Central Queens Academy Charter School is 130 feet away, and Reformed Church Newtown is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
700 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Broadway/Justice Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Avenue & Justice Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    700 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
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Justice Av, 620 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Justice Av Q53 SBS · Shelter
    620 feet
    Q53 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 Ave & 90 St 21 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 137 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,708th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 144 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 May 2023 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 54th Avenue

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

South side of 54th Avenue

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

East side of Justice Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    130 feet
  2. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Magic Years Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    900 feet
  2. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horsebrook Island Park
    840 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    960 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    520 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,320 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    830 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    360 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 54th Avenue or Justice Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.