57th Avenue & Van Horn Street

The four-way crossing of 57th Avenue and Van Horn Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ascension Catholic Church is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Queens Blvd/56 Av · Q60
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
57th Avenue & Van Horn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q60.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/56 Av Q60 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    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
    1,190 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. 60-50 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of 57th Avenue

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

West side of 57th Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 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 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    640 feet
  3. Emilia's Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crowley Playground
    1,160 feet
  2. Hoffman Park
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 57th Avenue or Van Horn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.