Skillman Avenue & 52nd Street

Skillman Avenue and 52nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodside, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lawrence Virgilio Playground is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Skillman Avenue. About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
52 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Roosevelt Av/52 St · T320
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Skillman Avenue & 52nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    800 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
  2. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/52 St, 720 feet away, for the T320.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/52 St T320
    720 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Skillman Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 39 Dr & 52 St 19 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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)
Woodside
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1930 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

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 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416356.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    980 feet
  3. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    550 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    780 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Doughboy Park
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    800 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 12 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 52nd Street or Skillman Avenue.

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