61st Street & Flushing Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and Flushing Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Luke J. Lang Square is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/61 St, is 20 feet away for the B57, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Flushing Av/61 St · B57
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & Flushing Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/61 St, 20 feet away, for the B57.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/61 St B57
    20 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & Flushing Ave 19 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 59-12 Fresh Pond Road Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 61st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 61st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 412603.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Precious Moments Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acade School
    630 feet
  3. Martin Luther School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Luke J. Lang Square
    1,040 feet
  2. Reiff Playground
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 61st Street or Flushing Avenue.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.