55th Avenue & 65th Place

The three-way junction of 55th Avenue and 65th Place is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Federalist Triangle is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 65 Pl/Claran Ct, is 530 feet away for the Q18 and Q67, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them parks, and three places to eat.

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55th Avenue & 65th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 65 Pl/Claran Ct, 530 feet away, for the Q18 and Q67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 Pl/Claran Ct Q18, Q67
    530 feet
    Q18 Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …
  2. Q67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 63 St & Borden Ave 21 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 59-51 Maurice Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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 June 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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 December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 65th Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Federalist Triangle
    60 feet
  2. Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle
    180 feet
  3. Whitefish Triangle
    710 feet
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  1. Frank Principe Park
    840 feet
  2. Whitefish Triangle Playground
    870 feet
  3. Virginia Principe Playground
    960 feet
  4. Hull Triangle
    1,110 feet
  5. Hull Triangle Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

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