Woodside Avenue & 54th Street

Woodside Avenue and 54th Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lawrence Virgilio Playground is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av · Q32
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodside Avenue & 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 52 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. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av, 1,060 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av Q32
    1,060 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Woodside Ave & 55 St 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 158 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 54th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 54th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built in 1928.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    20 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    80 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sohncke Square
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 54th Street or Woodside 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.