Maspeth Avenue & 57th Place

Maspeth Avenue and 57th Place meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Maurice Av/Maspeth Av, is 340 feet away for the Q39, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat. About 110 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1915, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Maspeth Avenue & 57th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Maurice Av/Maspeth Av, 340 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Maurice Av/Maspeth Av Q39
    340 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 58 St & 56 Dr 19 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 58-09 Rust Street Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    790 feet

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104 and 108 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 110 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 1899 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 57th Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 57th Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Maspeth Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.