Grand Avenue & 47th Street

Grand Avenue and 47th Street meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Grand St/Grand St Bridge, is 640 feet away for the Q59, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat.

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Grand Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand St/Grand St Bridge, 640 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand St/Grand St Bridge Q59
    640 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Page Pl & Grand Ave 21 docks in all
    1,110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1176 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2021

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 47th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of 47th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grand Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The five nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

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