38th Avenue & Bowne Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and Bowne Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kingsland Homestead, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Bowne St/37 Av · Q12
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & Bowne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.3 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, 410 feet away, for the Q12.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Avenue

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

South side of 38th Avenue

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

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowne Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 435331.

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
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
Show all 7
  1. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. Flushing High School Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  3. Queens High School for Language Studies School
    1,290 feet
  4. Veritas Academy School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    350 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    930 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    330 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 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 28 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 38th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.