Queens Boulevard & 41st Street

Queens Boulevard and 41st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Benjamin Wheeler Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 150 Queens is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Queens Blvd/41 St · Q32, Q60, T320
Within a walk
11 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 pedestrian plazas and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    260 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    1,300 feet
    7
  2. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/41 St, 80 feet away, for the Q32, Q60 and T320.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/41 St Q32, Q60, T320 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Q32 Q60 T320
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …
  3. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 St & Queens Blvd 25 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2004
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Benjamin Wheeler Place, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1934.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Benjamin Wheeler Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 41st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 41st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 417335, 417336, 417903, 423753 and 426936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Queens School
    930 feet
  3. The Children's Lab School
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sunnyside Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    1,040 feet
  2. Torsney Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    260 feet
  2. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 43-39 39th Street Older adult center
    920 feet
  2. Sunnyside Post Office
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    130 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    790 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 41st Street or Queens Boulevard.

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