Maurice Avenue & 51st Road

Maurice Avenue and 51st Road 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. P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 65 Pl/53 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q18, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Maurice Avenue & 51st Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 65 Pl/53 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 Pl/53 Av Q18 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tyler Ave & Maurice Ave 19 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 59-51 Maurice Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Maurice Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Denizko Daycare Pre-K
    990 feet
  2. P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan School
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.