Broadway & 51st Avenue

Broadway and 51st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Old St. James Episcopal Church (now Old St. James Parish Hall), one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about two minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Broadway, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
430 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Broadway/Corona Av · Q58
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 51st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Corona Av, 200 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Corona Av Q58
    200 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 Ave & Van Loon St 24 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1986.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

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

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

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

South side of Broadway

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 466790 and 467260.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial, Georgian (late) and Greek Revival, one each. They were built between 1735 and 1860.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 hospital
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Oxbridge Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    630 feet
Show all 6
  1. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    1,030 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Library
    160 feet
  2. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    190 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    430 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    1,250 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 51st Avenue or Broadway.

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