Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue

Calamus Avenue and Ankener Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grand Slope is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/84 St, is 310 feet away for the Q58, Q59 and Q98, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Grand Av/84 St · Q58, Q59, Q98
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/84 St, 310 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/84 St Q58, Q59, Q98
    310 feet
    Q58 Q59 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …
  3. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52-112 79th Street Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Adalbert Catholic Academy School
    600 feet
  2. Kidz Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Slope Park
    530 feet
  2. Elmhurst Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park Park feature
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Aldebert Church House of worship
    580 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 Ankener Avenue or Calamus Avenue.

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