57th Road & Van Horn Street

The four-way crossing of 57th Road 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. P.S. 102 Bayview is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place 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
Woodhaven Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Hoffman Dr/58 Av · Q29
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd 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. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 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 Hoffman Dr/58 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q29.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoffman Dr/58 Av Q29
    0.3 miles
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & 56 Ave 38 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
25 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 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of 57th Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 57th Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Van Horn Street

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

South side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 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
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoffman Park
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 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 is one place to eat.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 57th Road 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.