88th Street & 50th Avenue

The three-way junction of 88th Street and 50th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Reformed Church Newtown is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1953 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
90 St/48 Av · Q29
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Street & 50th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 90 St/48 Av, 850 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St/48 Av Q29
    850 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 90 St & 51 Ave 19 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 50th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 88th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Flemish Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1931.

  1. Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown (Fellowship Hall) Designated landmark
    450 feet
  2. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall) Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. International High School for Health Sciences School
    810 feet
  2. Newtown High School Landmark
    810 feet
  3. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middleburgh Triangle
    770 feet
  2. Veterans Grove Playground
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reformed Church Newtown Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 50th Avenue or 88th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.