Cornish Avenue & Poyer Street

Cornish Avenue and Poyer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them schools, and 39 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cornish Avenue & Poyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,050 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. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 760 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    760 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South Railroad Ave & Broadway 25 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cornish Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Cornish Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cornish Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 468769.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    370 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    540 feet
  2. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Elm Community Charter School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet
  2. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    830 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 18 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornish Avenue or Poyer Street.

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