55th Avenue & Van Horn Street

The four-way crossing of 55th Avenue and Van Horn Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ascension Catholic Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Queens Blvd/55 Av · Q59, Q60
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
55th Avenue & Van Horn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,130 feet
    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. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/55 Av, 850 feet away, for the Q59 and Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/55 Av Q59, Q60
    850 feet
    Q59 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    350 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    1,050 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Avenue or Van Horn Street.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.