79th Street & 45th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 45th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst A Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 45th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,200 feet
    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. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    0.3 miles
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 76 St & 45 Ave 19 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 45th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 463232.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 46-16 76th Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    830 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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 45th Avenue or 79th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.