Woodside Avenue & 56th Street

Woodside Avenue and 56th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodside Doughboy Statue is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av · Q32
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodside Avenue & 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    1,210 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
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av, 470 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
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 1,900 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 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 56th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 56th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Woodside Avenue

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

South side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    530 feet
  2. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    740 feet
  3. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 8
  1. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. The Woodside Community School
    1,200 feet
  4. Greater New York Academy School
    1,240 feet
  5. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Doughboy Park
    40 feet
  2. Steinmann Triangle
    460 feet
  3. Sohncke Square
    540 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    180 feet
  2. Woodside Library
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and ten 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.