Queens Boulevard & 49th Street

Queens Boulevard and 49th Street meet at a three-way junction in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Alejandro Nino Place by local law. It stands inside Sabba Park. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The obelisk “Sunnyside Memorial” is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
550 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Queens Blvd/48 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
12 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    550 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    970 feet
    7
  2. 40 St-Lowery 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/48 St, 290 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/48 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    290 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 64 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & Queens Blvd 20 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    570 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside

This corner carries two co-namings: Alejandro Nino Place (Local Law 48 of 2012, enacted on October 2, 2012) and Pfc. Hernando Rios Place (Local Law 131 of 2005, enacted on December 29, 2005).

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1927 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 49th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 49th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424427, 424428, 426965 and 428935.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 26 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and mostly built between 1927 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sabba Park.

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 trade or language school

This corner stands inside Sabba Park.

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sabba Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    790 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 49th Street or Queens Boulevard.

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