Whitney Avenue & Macnish Street

Whitney Avenue and Macnish Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
680 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitney Avenue & Macnish Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    680 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 370 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    370 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 89-30 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1939 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Whitney Avenue (east side).

North side of Macnish Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Macnish Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Whitney Avenue

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

West side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 462846 and 463664.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    920 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    430 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    850 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 19 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Macnish Street or Whitney Avenue.

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