56th Avenue & Justice Avenue

The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and Justice Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Newtown Playground is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1957 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
90 St/56 Av · Q29
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & Justice Avenue 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
    0.3 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 90 St/56 Av, 250 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St/56 Av Q29
    250 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 Ave & 90 St 21 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-50 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 3 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 September 2025.

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
22 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 1957 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Years Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Queens Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Cathedral Prep School-Seminary School
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horsebrook Island Park
    90 feet
  2. Newtown Playground
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,140 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    230 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and 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 Justice Avenue.

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