Skillman Avenue & 53rd Street

Skillman Avenue and 53rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Steinmann Triangle is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them parks, and 31 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Skillman Avenue. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av · Q32
Within a walk
14 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Skillman Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    470 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av, 730 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av Q32
    730 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Skillman Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Skillman Ave & 54 St 19 docks in all
    400 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
111 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 3,200 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 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 53rd Street

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

West side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Skillman Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    650 feet
  2. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinmann Triangle
    550 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    700 feet
  3. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    460 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 13 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 53rd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.