65th Place & 53rd Drive
The four-way crossing of 65th Place and 53rd Drive is in Maspeth, Queens, and is also named George O’Neill Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Federalist Triangle is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 65 Pl/53 Dr, is 160 feet away for the Q18 and Q67, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 65 Pl/53 Dr, 160 feet away, for the Q18 and Q67.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 65 Pl/53 Dr Q18, Q67160 feetQ18 Q67
Next buses at this stop
- Q18 …
- Q67 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- 64 St & 53 Dr 19 docks in all410 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 59-51 Maurice Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
- 83 feet above sea level
This corner is also named George O’Neill Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on George O’Neill Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 53rd Drive
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 53rd Drive
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 65th Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Federalist Triangle830 feet
- Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle950 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 66th Street & 53rd Drive 280 feet
- 64th Street & 53rd Drive 320 feet
- 65th Place & Claran Court 340 feet
- 54th Avenue & 66th Street 560 feet
- 53rd Drive & 63rd Place 630 feet
- 55th Avenue & 65th Place 770 feet
- 63rd Street & 53rd Drive 790 feet
- 67th Street & 53rd Drive 830 feet
See every intersection along 53rd Drive or 65th Place.