Broadway & 51st Street

Broadway and 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Woodside Community Center is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
710 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
51 St/32 Av · Q18
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    710 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. 46 St M, R
    1,150 feet
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 51 St/32 Av, 470 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 51 St/32 Av Q18
    470 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Broadway & 49 St 25 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 32nd Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Turn calming, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 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 in 1949.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 51st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 51st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 426762.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Tech High School
    970 feet
  2. Motion Picture Technical High School
    970 feet
  3. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. MI Nuevo Mundo Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodside Houses Park
    890 feet
  2. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    890 feet
  3. Strippoli Square
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Community Center
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 50-37 Newtown Road Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    720 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.