Queens Midtown Expressway & 57th Road

Queens Midtown Expressway and 57th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Maspeth High School is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/72 St, is 1,150 feet away for the Q58 and Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Queens Midtown Expressway & 57th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/72 St, 1,150 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/72 St Q58, Q59
    1,150 feet
    Q58 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth

The streets

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

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Maspeth Memorial Stele, 1931
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    670 feet
  2. Maspeth High School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Garlinge Triangle
    850 feet
  3. Elmhurst Park
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.