Queens Midtown Expressway & 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass
Queens Midtown Expressway and 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Maspeth, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Frank Principe Park is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Maurice Av/Queens-Midtown Expwy, is 1,020 feet away for the Q67, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them parks, and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Maurice Av/Queens-Midtown Expwy, 1,020 feet away, for the Q67.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Maurice Av/Queens-Midtown Expwy Q671,020 feetQ67
Next buses at this stop
- Q67 …
Cycling
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 63 St & Borden Ave 21 docks in all150 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.
- 59-51 Maurice Avenue Gas station1,140 feet
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 parks
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 56-01 61st Street Pre-K center740 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Frank Principe Park30 feet
- Virginia Principe Playground210 feet
- Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle770 feet
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- Copernicus Triangle Playground850 feet
- Hull Triangle880 feet
- Hull Triangle Playground910 feet
- Federalist Triangle960 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Cross RC Church House of worship720 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 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:
- Borden Avenue & Queens Midtown Expressway 140 feet
- 55th Drive & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S at 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass 280 feet
- 61st Street & 55th Drive 400 feet
- 54th Avenue & 63rd Street 480 feet
- Borden Avenue & 64th Street 520 feet
- Borden Avenue & 55th Drive 580 feet
- 56th Avenue & 61st Street 650 feet
- Borden Avenue & Jay Avenue 700 feet
See every intersection along 61st Street Pedestrian Overpass or Queens Midtown Expressway.