37th Avenue & Bowne Street

The three-way junction of 37th Avenue and Bowne Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne House is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Bowne St/37 Av · Q12
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & Bowne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.4 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 Bowne St/37 Av, 90 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowne St/37 Av Q12
    90 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • 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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1661 and 1892.

  1. Kingsland Homestead Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Flushing High School Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Queens High School for Language Studies School
    970 feet
  2. Veritas Academy School
    970 feet
  3. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    40 feet
  2. Flushing Greens Park
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    220 feet
  3. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or Bowne Street.

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