Fresh Pond Road & 59th Road
Fresh Pond Road and 59th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Maspeth, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 987 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Reiff Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fresh Pond Rd/59 Dr, is 240 feet away for the Q39, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/59 Dr, 240 feet away, for the Q39.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fresh Pond Rd/59 Dr Q39240 feetQ39
Next buses at this stop
- Q39 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 63 St & 59 Dr 23 docks in all600 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 59-12 Fresh Pond Road Gas station200 feet
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 September 2019.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 987 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 772nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 436 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 90 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 153 Maspeth Elem School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Reiff Playground50 feet
- Luke J. Lang Square50 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 61st Street & 59th Road 90 feet
- 61st Street & Fresh Pond Road 150 feet
- Fresh Pond Road & 59th Drive 260 feet
- 59th Avenue & Fresh Pond Road 270 feet
- 59th Avenue & 61st Street 410 feet
- 61st Street & 59th Drive 520 feet
- 63rd Street & 59th Drive 520 feet
- 60th Lane & 59th Road 530 feet
See every intersection along 59th Road or Fresh Pond Road.