55th Drive & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S at Hamilton Place

The seven-way junction of 55th Drive, Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S and Hamilton Place is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Whitefish Triangle is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl, is 100 feet away for the Q18 and Q67, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them parks, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl · Q18, Q67
Within a walk
15 places
6 parks, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
55th Drive & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S at Hamilton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl, 100 feet away, for the Q18 and Q67.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Midtown Expwy/Hamilton Pl Q18, Q67
    100 feet
    Q18 Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …
  2. Q67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Remsen Pl 21 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ateres Pesha Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Metro Therapy - Maspeth School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whitefish Triangle
    100 feet
  2. Whitefish Triangle Playground
    260 feet
  3. Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle
    410 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hull Triangle
    500 feet
  2. Hull Triangle Playground
    510 feet
  3. Federalist Triangle
    560 feet
  4. Frontera Park
    1,010 feet
  5. Frontera Park Playground
    1,170 feet
  6. Frank Principe Park
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Transfiguration RC Church House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Holy Cross RC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    540 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    550 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 29 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Drive, Clinton Avenue, Hamilton Place or Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S.

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.