Grand Avenue & Van Horn Street at Goldsmith Street

Grand Avenue, Van Horn Street and Goldsmith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 stands 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Grand Av/Van Horn St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & Van Horn Street at Goldsmith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    1,150 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/Van Horn St, 90 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/Van Horn St Q58, Q59 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q58 Q59
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    1,010 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1971.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Goldsmith Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Goldsmith Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Van Horn Street

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

South side of Van Horn Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance, and built between 1923 and 1924.

  1. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    1,200 feet
  3. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Slope Park
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or Van Horn Street.

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