Broadway & 55th Street

Broadway and 55th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gotham Tech High School is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Broadway.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
320 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
54 St/Northern Blvd · Q18
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    320 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
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/Northern Blvd, 350 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 54 St/Northern Blvd Q18 · Shelter
    350 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & Northern Blvd 23 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway Gas station
    460 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    840 feet

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 October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Shumard's oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Tech High School
    830 feet
  2. Motion Picture Technical High School
    830 feet
  3. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Street 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.