56th Avenue & 187th Street
The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and 187th Street is in Auburndale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. Q177 is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/50 Av, is 1,260 feet away for the Q31, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/50 Av, 1,260 feet away, for the Q31.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/50 Av Q311,260 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Underhill Avenue at Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 184-17 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.5 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 November 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Auburndale
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. Q177 School800 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park390 feet
- Ella Fitzgerald Playground420 feet
Supermarkets
- Lidl Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center0.3 miles
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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 186th Street 260 feet
- 56th Avenue & 188th Street 270 feet
- Peck Avenue & 187th Street 340 feet
- 188th Street & Peck Avenue 370 feet
- 56th Avenue & Peck Avenue 380 feet
- 56th Avenue & 185th Street 520 feet
- 189th Street & Peck Avenue 590 feet
- 58th Avenue & 187th Street 620 feet
See every intersection along 187th Street or 56th Avenue.