Skillman Avenue & 39th Street

Skillman Avenue and 39th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Torsney Playground is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 40 St-Lowery St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
15 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
40 St-Lowery St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Queens Blvd/38 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Skillman Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 40 St-Lowery St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 40 St-Lowery St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/38 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/38 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 39th Street and Skillman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Skillman Ave & Honeywell St 19 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Borden Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 39-02 Skillman Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 43-23 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    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.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
Sunnyside
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1931 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 73 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 39th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 39th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 12 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-4PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 4 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sunnyside Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Queens School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Torsney Playground
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 43-39 39th Street Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Street or Skillman Avenue.

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