54th Street & 51st Street

The four-way crossing of 54th Street and 51st Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Strippoli Square is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
54 St/31 Av · Q18
Within a walk
4 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Street & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. 46 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/31 Av, 450 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 54 St/31 Av Q18
    450 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & Hobart St 22 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, September 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 51st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 51st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 54th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hobart Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 425072.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 151 Mary D. Carter School
    370 feet
  2. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. William Cullen Bryant High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Strippoli Square
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 51st Street, 54th Street or Hobart Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.