Queens Boulevard & 51st Avenue

Queens Boulevard and 51st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 3,979 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Italian Senior Citizens Center is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Queens Blvd/51 Av · Q60
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 51st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.3 miles
    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. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/51 Av, 120 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/51 Av Q60 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St James Ave & 51 Ave 21 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,979 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 206th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,421 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Queens Boulevard2,4791,730
Westbound on Queens Boulevard1,500691
Total3,9792,421

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 73 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 51st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 462852.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italian Renaissance, and built between 1923 and 1924.

  1. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Elm Community Charter School
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Slope Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Saint James Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.