55th Avenue & 2nd Street

The five-way junction of 55th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Hunter's Point South Playground (South) is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 2nd Street.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
2 St/55 Av · Q101, Q103
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
55th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 St/55 Av, 130 feet away, for the Q101 and Q103.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 2 St/55 Av Q101, Q103
    130 feet
    Q101 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Street.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 Ave & Center Blvd 27 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1-15 57th Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2019 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 1,814 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the gray birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 2nd Street

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 55th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 55th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Building Brilliance Day Care II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Hunters Point Elementary School
    780 feet
  3. P.S. 384 Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  4. Academy for Careers in Television and Film School
    1,130 feet
  5. Hunters Point Community Middle School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    50 feet
  2. Hunter's Point South Playground (South) Playground
    90 feet
  3. Luminescence in Hunter's Point South Park Park feature
    640 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hunter's Point South Playground (North) Playground
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Hunters Point South Ferry Landing
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 2nd Street, 55th Avenue or Malt Drive.

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