Queens Boulevard & 44th Street

Queens Boulevard and 44th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sunnyside Post Office is 260 feet away, and Lowery Plaza is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 81 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Queens Blvd/45 St · T320
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    520 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    1,040 feet
    7
  2. 52 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/45 St, 230 feet away, for the T320.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/45 St T320
    230 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 126 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 46 St & Queens Blvd 33 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 42-18 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    880 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2004

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

East side of 44th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO US MAIL
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 44th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412320, 418135, 424583 and 424584.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Art Deco, and built in 1928.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Q StudioLab Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. The Children's Lab School
    920 feet
  3. The Q Studiolab-46th St Pre-K
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet
  2. Lowery Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sunnyside Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Queen of Angels RC Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sunnyside Post Office
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    740 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.