Long Island Expressway & 53rd Avenue
Long Island Expressway and 53rd Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St, is 180 feet away for the B24 and Q67, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St, 180 feet away, for the B24 and Q67.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Midtown Expwy/48 St B24, Q67180 feetB24 Q67
Next buses at this stop
- B24 …
- Q67 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- 48 St & 50 Ave 21 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Long Island Expressway & 48th Street, 210 feet by car along the streets.
- 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station1 mile
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26
- Police precinct
- 108
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sunnyside
- Elevation
- 83 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- A designated truck route
- Three of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.
Trees
Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 monument or memorial
Libraries, museums and history
- Laurel Hill Flagstaff Monument Monument or memorial410 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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
- 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Long Island Expressway & 48th Street 210 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 48th Street 410 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 46th Street 530 feet
- 48th Street & 54th Road 650 feet
- 48th Street & 47th Street 710 feet
- 54th Avenue & 46th Street 790 feet
- 54th Avenue & 50th Street 920 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 44th Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 53rd Avenue, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Long Island Expressway.