37th Avenue & Union Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and Union Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 170 feet to the 109th Precinct, and Flushing Town Hall is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, seven of them trade or language schools, and 101 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
44 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Union St/Northern Blvd · Q16, Q28
Within a walk
26 places
7 trade or language schools, 4 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    1,310 feet
    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/Northern Blvd, 430 feet away, for the Q16 and Q28.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/Northern Blvd Q16, Q28
    430 feet
    Q16 Q28

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Union Street.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 44 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Turn calming, October 2023

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 75 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on Union Street (west side).

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-10PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-10PM
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-3PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 9 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443331, 443332 and 452200.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1661 and 1694.

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
    640 feet
  2. Flushing Park Memorial Obelisk, 1865
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 7 trade or language schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Children's House Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
Show all 11
  1. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Ace Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    900 feet
  4. Sky Language Trade or language school
    980 feet
  5. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  6. Windsor School
    1,170 feet
  7. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  8. Queens Academy High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Greens Park
    630 feet
  2. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    690 feet
  3. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    590 feet
  2. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    870 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Flushing Town Hall Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Old Quaker Meeting House Landmark · listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Bowne Street Community Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    170 feet
  2. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 101 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or Union Street.

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