Broadway & 56th Street

Broadway and 56th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Broadway.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
580 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Broadway/57 St · Q18
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    580 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
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/57 St, 330 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/57 St Q18
    330 feet
    Q18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Broadway.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & Northern Blvd 23 docks in all
    420 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
    200 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    910 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1931 and 1965.

Trees

Eleven 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
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 56th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 56th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Broadway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Gotham Tech High School
    1,100 feet
  3. Motion Picture Technical High School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tibetan Community Center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and seven 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Street or Broadway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.