56th Avenue & 111th Street

The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and 111th Street is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mujeres en Movimento Huerto Comunitario is 720 feet away, and Park Terrace Care Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/Van Cleef St, is 1,090 feet away for the Q23 and Q58, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,090 feet
108 St/Van Cleef St · Q23, Q58
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & 111th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/Van Cleef St, 1,090 feet away, for the Q23 and Q58.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/Van Cleef St Q23, Q58
    1,090 feet
    Q23 Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Corona Ave & 111 St 22 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-35 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 111th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 111th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 56th Avenue

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

South side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1911.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    90 feet
  2. Playground For All Children Playground
    370 feet
  3. Mujeres en Movimento Huerto Comunitario Garden
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Carousel in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature · listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Queens Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Rego Park Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet
  2. Park Terrace Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel Corona Landmark · listed historic place
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Street, 56th Avenue or Carousel Loop.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.