Skillman Avenue & 51st Street

Skillman Avenue and 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. The corner is also named Alphonse “Al” Volpe Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 325/Ladder 163 firehouse is 370 feet away, and P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
48 St/Skillman Av · Q104
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 3 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Skillman Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    880 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/Skillman Av, 840 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/Skillman Av Q104 · Shelter
    840 feet
    Q104
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 51st Street and Skillman Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & 43 Ave 27 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Alphonse “Al” Volpe Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Alphonse “Al” Volpe Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 51st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of 51st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Skillman Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416356 and 419012.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 30 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1926 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    520 feet
  2. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    810 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Doughboy Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st Street or Skillman Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.