61st Street & Maspeth Avenue
The four-way crossing of 61st Street and Maspeth Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens, and is also named Deacon David Ciorciari Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Martin Luther School is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/61 St, is 430 feet away for the Q59, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/61 St, 430 feet away, for the Q59.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Grand Av/61 St Q59 · Shelter430 feetQ59
Next buses at this stop
- Q59 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 56 Dr & 61 St 19 docks in all280 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 60-93 58th Avenue Gas station1,320 feet
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer 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 August 2023.
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
- 55 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Deacon David Ciorciari Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- 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 1915 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Deacon David Ciorciari Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 61st Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 61st Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Maspeth Avenue
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Martin Luther School520 feet
- Precious Moments Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K560 feet
- St Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Acade School740 feet
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- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 56-01 61st Street Pre-K center780 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Cross RC Church House of worship670 feet
- Transfiguration RC Church House of worship1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 61st Street & 57th Road 150 feet
- 61st Street & 56th Drive 260 feet
- 61st Street & 57th Drive 400 feet
- Grand Avenue & 61st Street 430 feet
- Grand Avenue & 57th Drive 490 feet
- 61st Street & 56th Road 510 feet
- 60th Street & Maspeth Avenue 510 feet
- 58th Avenue & 61st Street 650 feet
See every intersection along 61st Street or Maspeth Avenue.