38th Avenue & Union Street

The three-way junction of 38th Avenue and Union Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens, and is also named Macedonia A.M.E. Church Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Greens is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 111 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
39 Av/Union St · Q28
Within a walk
27 places
9 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    1,010 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 39 Av/Union St, 270 feet away, for the Q28.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av/Union St Q28
    270 feet
    Q28

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 24 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
59 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Macedonia A.M.E. Church Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Macedonia A.M.E. Church Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 435329.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as English Colonial, and built in 1661.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    300 feet
  2. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sky Language Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  4. Ace Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  5. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  6. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  7. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  8. Children's House Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Greens Park
    930 feet
  2. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    980 feet
  3. Bowne Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    300 feet
  2. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    990 feet
  3. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Michaels Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    350 feet
  2. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 38th Avenue or Union Street.

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