59th Avenue & Junction Boulevard

The three-way junction of 59th Avenue and Junction Boulevard is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Post Office is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them schools, and 29 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1962 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Junction Blvd/59 Av · Q72, Q88, QM11
Within a walk
11 places
3 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Avenue & Junction Boulevard 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. 63 Dr-Rego Park 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 Junction Blvd/59 Av, 50 feet away, for the Q72, Q88 and QM11.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/59 Av Q72, Q88, QM11
    50 feet
    Q72 Q88 QM11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …
  2. Q88 …
  3. QM11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Ave & Junction Blvd 24 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 1,140 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    260 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Turn calming, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1962 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Junction Boulevard (east side).

North side of 59th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 59th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Junction Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406950 and 462766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mti Business School Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    390 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    840 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. John F. Kennedy Jr. School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park
    840 feet
  2. Lost Battalion Hall Playground (Tots Area) Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rego Park Mall Public space
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    160 feet
  2. Older adult center at 96-05 Horace Harding Expressway Older adult center
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,150 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    550 feet
  2. Rego Center Shopping center
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 59th Avenue or Junction Boulevard.

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