56th Avenue & Van Horn Street

The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and Van Horn Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 102 Bayview is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Queens Blvd/56 Av · Q60
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Avenue & Van Horn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/56 Av, 1,080 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/56 Av Q60 · Shelter
    1,080 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & 56 Ave 38 docks in all
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 56th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,130 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    1,080 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Van Horn Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.