54th Avenue & Long Island Expressway
The four-way crossing of 54th Avenue and Long Island Expressway is in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 54 Av/43 St, is 190 feet away for the Q67, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within 820 feet are 15 homes, mostly built between 1910 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 54 Av/43 St, 190 feet away, for the Q67.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 54 Av/43 St Q67190 feetQ67
Next buses at this stop
- Q67 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Long Island Expressway & 48th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 59-49 Maurice Avenue Gas station1.3 miles
- 53-26 Van Dam Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 19 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
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 streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
Within 820 feet of this corner are 15 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 54th Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 30 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & 54th Avenue 60 feet
- Laurel Hill Boulevard & 54th Avenue 80 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 43rd Street 230 feet
- Laurel Hill Boulevard & 54th Road 370 feet
- 54th Road & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway 400 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 54th Road 420 feet
- Kosciuszko Bridge & 54th Road 460 feet
See every intersection along 54th Avenue or Long Island Expressway.