59th Avenue & 60th Place
The three-way junction of 59th Avenue and 60th Place is in Maspeth, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Reiff Playground is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 61 St/59 Av, is 670 feet away for the Q39, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 61 St/59 Av, 670 feet away, for the Q39.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 61 St/59 Av Q39670 feetQ39
Next buses at this stop
- Q39 …
Cycling
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 60 Pl & Flushing Ave 19 docks in all330 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 59-12 Fresh Pond Road Gas station850 feet
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 September 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 153 Maspeth Elem School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Luke J. Lang Square930 feet
- Reiff Playground1,010 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 59th Avenue & 60th Lane 260 feet
- 59th Avenue & 60th Street 400 feet
- 59th Avenue & Dresden Street 410 feet
- Flushing Avenue & 60th Place 410 feet
- 60th Lane & 59th Road 530 feet
- 59th Avenue & 61st Street 560 feet
- Flushing Avenue & 58th Drive 590 feet
- 60th Street & Flushing Avenue 600 feet
See every intersection along 59th Avenue or 60th Place.