94th Street & 55th Avenue

The three-way junction of 94th Street and 55th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Newtown Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Junction Blvd/55 Av · Q72
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
94th Street & 55th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Memory of the Lost Batallion” (1996) by Pablo Tauler at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junction Blvd/55 Av, 690 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/55 Av Q72
    690 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 55th Avenue.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 53 Ave & 94 St 20 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2025.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1965.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 94th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 94th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore School
    360 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
  3. John F. Kennedy Jr. School
    920 feet
Show all 7
  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    930 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    930 feet
  3. Magic Years Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  4. Cathedral Prep School-Seminary School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newtown Playground
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    1,030 feet
  2. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Avenue or 94th Street.

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