55th Drive & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S at 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass
The six-way junction of 55th Drive, Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S and 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass is in Maspeth, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Holy Cross RC Church is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl, is 1,290 feet away for the Q18 and Q67, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl, 1,290 feet away, for the Q18 and Q67.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl Q18, Q671,290 feetQ18 Q67
Next buses at this stop
- Q18 …
- Q67 …
Cycling
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 63 St & Borden Ave 21 docks in all430 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 60-93 58th Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2016.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 parks
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 56-01 61st Street Pre-K center460 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Frank Principe Park310 feet
- Virginia Principe Playground500 feet
- Copernicus Triangle Playground570 feet
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- Hull Triangle590 feet
- Hull Triangle Playground630 feet
- Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle1,050 feet
- Federalist Triangle1,240 feet
- Whitefish Triangle1,290 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Cross RC Church House of worship440 feet
- Transfiguration RC Church House of worship1,070 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 61st Street & 55th Drive 120 feet
- Queens Midtown Expressway & 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass 280 feet
- Borden Avenue & 55th Drive 300 feet
- 56th Avenue & 61st Street 370 feet
- Borden Avenue & Queens Midtown Expressway 420 feet
- 64th Street & 55th Drive 560 feet
- 61st Street & 56th Road 620 feet
- 60th Street & 55th Drive 640 feet
See every intersection along 55th Drive, 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass or Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S.