Poyer Street & Barnwell Avenue

Poyer Street and Barnwell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Renaissance Charter School 2 is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and 36 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Poyer Street & Barnwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,100 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 810 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    810 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. South Railroad Ave & Broadway 25 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barnwell Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barnwell Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Poyer Street

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

West side of Poyer Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of South Railroad Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of South Railroad Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    170 feet
  2. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    260 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
Show all 4
  1. Campus Education Trade or language school
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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:

See every intersection along Barnwell Avenue, Poyer Street or South Railroad Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.