32nd Avenue & Union Street

The four-way crossing of 32nd Avenue and Union Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mitchell-Linden Library is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/Bayside Av, is 390 feet away for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Union St/Bayside Av · Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
32nd Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union St/Bayside Av, 390 feet away, for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q20 …
  3. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Street.

  • 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. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Turn calming, October 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 450614.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    940 feet
  3. KA of Flushing Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    410 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St John Vianney RC Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 32nd Avenue or Union Street.

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