85th Street & 55th Avenue

The three-way junction of 85th Street and 55th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Saint Adalbert Catholic Academy is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,270 feet
80 St/54 Av · Q47
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & 55th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 80 St/54 Av, 1,270 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 80 St/54 Av Q47
    1,270 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52-112 79th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst

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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    950 feet
  2. Emilia's Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Saint Adalbert Catholic Academy School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crowley Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. St Aldebert Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 55th Avenue or 85th Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.