Caldwell Avenue & 61st Drive

Caldwell Avenue and 61st Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Middle Village, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Dry Harbor Rd/Caldwell Av, is 540 feet away for the Q29, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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Caldwell Avenue & 61st Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dry Harbor Rd/Caldwell Av, 540 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dry Harbor Rd/Caldwell Av Q29
    540 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 61-60 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11379
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Middle Village
Elevation
100 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2015, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Caldwell Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.