56th Avenue & 92nd Street

The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and 92nd Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Newtown Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
57 Av/92 St · Q14, Q29
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & 92nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    1,290 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. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Memory of the Lost Batallion” (1996) by Pablo Tauler at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 57 Av/92 St, 550 feet away, for the Q14 and Q29.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 Av/92 St Q14, Q29
    550 feet
    Q14 Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 56th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 56 Ave & 92 St 25 docks in all
    40 feet

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. 60-50 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    790 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022
  • Turn calming, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 92nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 92nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10PM ALL DAYS

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Cathedral Prep School-Seminary School
    400 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore School
    800 feet
  3. Magic Years Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 8
  1. John F. Kennedy Jr. School
    960 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    1,120 feet
  4. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    1,120 feet
  5. Geneis Medical Training Trade or language school
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newtown Playground
    40 feet
  2. Horsebrook Island Park
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    430 feet
  2. Queens Place Shopping center
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Avenue or 92nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.