74th Street & 57th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 74th Street and 57th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 804 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Maspeth High School is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/74 St, is 710 feet away for the Q58, Q59 and Q98, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks, and four places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Grand Av/74 St · Q58, Q59, Q98
Within a walk
7 places
3 parks, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
74th Street & 57th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/74 St, 710 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/74 St Q58, Q59, Q98
    710 feet
    Q58 Q59 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …
  3. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 804 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 896th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 401 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

North side of 57th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 57th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 74th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 74th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Maspeth High School
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elmhurst Park
    510 feet
  2. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    610 feet
  3. Garlinge Triangle
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Elmhurst Park Playground
    1,250 feet
  2. Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park Park feature
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 57th Avenue or 74th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.