56th Avenue & Main Street

The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and Main Street is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. NYHMC Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/56 Av, is 120 feet away for the Q20, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and ten places to eat. A bus lane runs along Main Street, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Main St/56 Av · Q20
Within a walk
6 places
1 botanical garden, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/56 Av, 120 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/56 Av Q20 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Q20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Main Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensboro Hill
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 56th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 7 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433418, 433432 and 468850.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 garden
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    40 feet
  2. NYHMC Playground
    90 feet
  3. Queens Botanical Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Evergreen Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Newyork-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Yong Fa Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Main Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.