Queens Midtown Tunnel & Borden Avenue at 5th Street

Queens Midtown Tunnel, Borden Avenue and 5th Street meet at a five-way junction in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Academy for Careers in Television and Film is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Borden Av/5 St · Q101, Q103
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Midtown Tunnel & Borden Avenue at 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    1,190 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Borden Av/5 St, 30 feet away, for the Q101 and Q103.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Borden Av/5 St Q101, Q103
    30 feet
    Q101 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 St & 51 Ave 21 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 5-19 Borden Avenue Charging for electric cars, 38 Level 2 chargers
    390 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,100 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 2013 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 5th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Borden Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-8PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412272 and 413800.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Ones Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. Gantry View School
    840 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brighter Babies Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Academy for Careers in Television and Film School
    950 feet
  4. Hunters Point Community Middle School
    950 feet
  5. P.S./I.S. 78q School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hunter's Point South Park
    950 feet
  2. Andrews Grove Playground
    960 feet
  3. Long Island City Community Garden
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Old Hickory Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Hunter's Point South Playground (North) Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Dog Run in Hunter's Point South Park Dog run
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 108th Precinct Police station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 5th Street, Borden Avenue or Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Sources: NYPD, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.