Maspeth

Neighborhood · Queens

Maspeth spreads south of the Long Island Expressway, with Newtown Creek and the Brooklyn line along its western edge.

  • 2.09 square miles
  • 43,257 residents, 2020 Census
  • 414 street corners
  • 15 bus routes

Its name comes from the Mespeatches, one of the main Native American peoples of Long Island. In 1642 English settlers founded the Mespat settlement under a charter granted to the Rev. Francis Doughty, an Anglican minister whose land grant from Governor Willem Kieft covered more than 13,000 acres, and it became the first English settlement in Queens. Most residents today trace their roots to Poland, Italy or Ireland.

Sources: Maspeth, Queens (Wikipedia); National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. James Church (National Park Service).

Map

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Maspeth borders seven areas, and Grand Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 29 of 414.

Street map of Maspeth, Queens, outlined among Mount Olivet & All Faiths Cemeteries, Ridgewood, Middle Village and Calvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries, with Frank Principe Park.WoodsideElmhurstMiddle VillageRidgewoodSunnysideCalvary & Mount Zion Cemeteries
  • Maspeth
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on 15 routes stop in or at the edge of Maspeth.

  • 12 local bus routes
  • 3 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B38
  • B57
  • Q14
  • Q18
  • Q38
  • Q39
  • Q47
  • Q54
  • Q58
  • Q59
  • Q67
  • Q98

Express bus routes

  • QM24
  • QM25
  • QM34

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,977 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 4.8 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 74 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 28 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
18
Accessible pedestrian signals
16
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
3
Turn calming
1
Safety Improvement Projects
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 529 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 13,822 school-zone speed camera tickets at 12 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Borden Avenue & Maurice Avenue, 529
Most speed tickets
58th Avenue & Rust Street, 3,936

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 43,257 residents in Maspeth, about 20,700 per square mile.

  • 16,304 homes, 2020 Census
  • 242 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 8,057 residential lots hold buildings from 1930 or earlier, and 57% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks

Parkland
11.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Frank Principe Park (7.5 acres), Reiff Playground (1.7 acres) and Frontera Park (1.5 acres)

Streets and trees

Trees
3,958 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and pin oak
Street with the most corners
Grand Avenue, with 29 of the area's 414
Height above sea level
From 8 feet at 47th Street & 58th Road to 144 feet at Eliot Avenue & Mount Olivet Crescent
Honorary street names
11 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and one library in Maspeth.

Public schools
7
Charter and private schools
2
Library
Maspeth Library

Bike share and public art

By the station list of October 3, 2026, 23 bike-share stations stand in Maspeth. The City's public art inventory lists one work in the area: Maspeth Memorial (1931).

  • 23 bike-share stations
  • 1 work of public art

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 429 major felonies at places in Maspeth.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Maspeth

  • 447 major felonies in 2024
  • 1,026 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Maspeth, the NYPD recorded another 81 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 11.8 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Maspeth.

Police precincts
104th (most of the area), 108th
Major felonies recorded at places in Maspeth, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 225 major felonies at places in Maspeth, against 172 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.