Queens Boulevard & 55th Avenue

Queens Boulevard and 55th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. The corner is also named Asif Rahman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Av-Newtown, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Av-Newtown
340 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Queens Blvd/55 Av · Q59, Q60
Within a walk
17 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 55th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Av-Newtown, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    340 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. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/55 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q59 and Q60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/55 Av Q59, Q60
    100 feet
    Q59 Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 55th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Broadway 25 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-09 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Asif Rahman Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Asif Rahman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and September 2025; 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 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

East side of 55th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 55th Avenue

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

South side of 55th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of 55th Avenue

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

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403777, 462737, 462738, 464136, 465019 and 466347.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Central Queens Academy Charter School
    500 feet
  2. Star Paradise Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Magic Years Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Queens Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  3. P.S. 102 Bayview School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horsebrook Island Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Hoffman Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Listed historic place
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ascension Catholic Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Italian Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 46/Engine 287/Ladder 136 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    190 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    660 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    460 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Place Shopping center
    140 feet
  2. Queens Center Shopping center
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 55th Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

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