35th Avenue & Union Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and Union Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Academy High School is 150 feet away, and Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & Union 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 nine 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, 30 feet away, for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/35 Av Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    30 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.

  • 23 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
    1,250 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 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of 35th Avenue

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

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union 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 standing 4 signs 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 one work near this corner, in Flushing Greens.

  1. Flushing Memorial Exedra by Herman Atkins MacNeil, 1925
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Greens Park
    640 feet
  2. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet
  2. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    620 feet
  2. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    930 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St John Vianney RC Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. Old Quaker Meeting House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.