55th Avenue & Center Boulevard

The three-way junction of 55th Avenue and Center Boulevard is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hunters Point South Ferry Landing is 570 feet away, and Academy for Careers in Television and Film is 1,030 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 2 St/55 Av, is 480 feet away for the Q101 and Q103. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

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55th Avenue & Center Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 2 St/55 Av, 480 feet away, for the Q101 and Q103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Center Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 Ave & Center Blvd 27 docks in all
    60 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. 1-55 Borden Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,050 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 March 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two 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 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the gray birch.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 55th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 55th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Center Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 ferry landing
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Building Brilliance Day Care II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
  2. Hunters Point Elementary School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 384 Pre-K
    840 feet
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  1. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Academy for Careers in Television and Film School
    1,030 feet
  3. Hunters Point Community Middle School
    1,030 feet
  4. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    10 feet
  2. Hunter's Point South Playground (South) Playground
    170 feet
  3. Luminescence in Hunter's Point South Park Park feature
    280 feet
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  1. Hunter's Point South Playground (North) Playground
    1,000 feet
  2. Dog Run in Hunter's Point South Park Dog run
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other places

  1. Hunters Point South Ferry Landing
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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

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.