Elmhurst Avenue & Ithaca Street

Elmhurst Avenue and Ithaca Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Hampton St/Whitney Ave · Q29
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elmhurst Avenue & Ithaca Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,120 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. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Whitney Ave, 660 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Whitney Ave Q29
    660 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Elmhurst Avenue.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Elmhurst Ave & Forley St 21 docks in all
    740 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1939 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2023 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elmhurst Avenue

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

West side of Elmhurst Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Ithaca Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Ithaca Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    870 feet
  3. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    800 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elmhurst Avenue or Ithaca Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.