54th Avenue & Thornhill Avenue

The three-way junction of 54th Avenue and Thornhill Avenue is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Louis Pasteur Park is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, is 550 feet away for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and seven places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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54th Avenue & Thornhill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, 550 feet away, for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy Q30, QM5, QM8, QM35 · Shelter
    550 feet
    Q30 QM5 QM8 QM35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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 July 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
180 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Thornhill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Louis Pasteur Park
    370 feet
  2. Louis Pasteur Park Playground
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. North Hills Library
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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