Broadway & 48th Street

Broadway and 48th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and 30 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Broadway/48 St · Q104
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    60 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. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Steinway St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/48 St, 40 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/48 St Q104
    40 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & Broadway 31 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • 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 1930 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 48th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 48th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424205 and 426129.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. William Cullen Bryant High School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    50 feet
  2. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    280 feet
  3. Woodside Houses Park
    280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dwyer Square
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 50-37 Newtown Road Older adult center
    970 feet
  3. Steinway Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Street or Broadway.

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