57th Avenue & Hoffman Drive

The four-way crossing of 57th Avenue and Hoffman Drive is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Central Queens Academy Charter School is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 51 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Queens Blvd/56 Av · Q60
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
57th Avenue & Hoffman Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    1,030 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
    1,120 feet
    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 Queens Blvd/56 Av, 380 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/56 Av Q60 · Shelter
    380 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1,220 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 60-50 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    180 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on 57th Avenue (west side).

East side of 57th Avenue

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

North side of Hoffman Drive

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hoffman Drive

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462545 and 467759.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoffman Park
    500 feet
  2. Horsebrook Island Park
    950 feet
  3. Hoffman Park Playground
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    910 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    740 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    390 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and four 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 57th Avenue or Hoffman Drive.

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.