35th Avenue & Leavitt Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and Leavitt Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Latimer Gardens development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Town Hall is 540 feet away, and Old Quaker Meeting House is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Union St/35 Av · Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
25 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & Leavitt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union St/35 Av, 360 feet away, for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/35 Av Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    360 feet
    Q16 Q20 Q44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q20 …
  3. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 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 October 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Latimer Gardens development.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Leavitt Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Leavitt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Collegiate Gothic, Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival (early), one each, and built between 1862 and 1915.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Flushing Greens.

  1. Flushing Memorial Exedra by Herman Atkins MacNeil, 1925
    520 feet
  2. Flushing Park Memorial Obelisk, 1865
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Masters Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Children's House Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  3. Ace Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    370 feet
Show all 9
  1. Queens Academy High School
    380 feet
  2. Flushing High School Landmark · listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Queens High School for Language Studies School
    760 feet
  4. Veritas Academy School
    760 feet
  5. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  6. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Greens Park
    490 feet
  2. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    870 feet

Health care

  1. Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet
  2. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    280 feet
  2. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Rko Keith's Theater Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Flushing Town Hall Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Vianney RC Church House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Old Quaker Meeting House Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Latimer Gardens Community Center
    610 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34-30 137th Street Older adult center
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or Leavitt Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.