32nd Avenue & Leavitt Street

The three-way junction of 32nd Avenue and Leavitt Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Colden Playground is 650 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/Bayside Av, is 640 feet away for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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32nd Avenue & Leavitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union St/Bayside Av, 640 feet away, for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/Bayside Av Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    640 feet
    Q16 Q20 Q44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q20 …
  3. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Leavitt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Leavitt Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    950 feet
  3. Little Masters Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    650 feet

Health care

  1. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    280 feet
  2. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.