56th Avenue & Corona Avenue

The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and Corona Avenue is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/Van Cleef St, is 740 feet away for the Q23 and Q58, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & Corona Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/Van Cleef St, 740 feet away, for the Q23 and Q58.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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 1,300 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Corona Avenue

  • No parking 5 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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 014 Fairview School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mujeres en Movimento Huerto Comunitario Garden
    370 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    440 feet
  3. Playground For All Children Playground
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carousel in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature · listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Rego Park Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    880 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Corona Avenue.

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.