39th Avenue & Main Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and Main Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 5,048 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. The ornamental gates “Goldenrain Corners” are 530 feet away, and Daniel Carter Beard Mall is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 15 of them trade or language schools, and 327 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
220 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Main St/39 Av · T321
Within a walk
32 places
15 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    220 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 Main St/39 Av, 50 feet away, for the T321.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/39 Av T321
    50 feet
    T321

Next buses at this stop

  1. T321 …

Live arrivals

Main Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    480 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
  • Turn calming, July 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,048 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 39th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 817 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1982 and 2008.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Main Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 457312.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and neo-Gothic, one each. They were built between 1853 and 1908.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing #2 Municipal Parking Field.

  1. Goldenrain Corners Ornamental gates by Ming Fay, about 2004
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 15 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 career or business center
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    150 feet
  2. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. Windsor School
    530 feet
Show all 18
  1. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    150 feet
  2. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    360 feet
  3. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    370 feet
  4. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    410 feet
  5. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    570 feet
  6. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    590 feet
  7. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    590 feet
  8. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    590 feet
  9. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    680 feet
  10. Sky Language Trade or language school
    690 feet
  11. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  12. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    840 feet
  13. Amlotus Trade or language school
    870 feet
  14. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    900 feet
  15. International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James A. Bland Playground
    850 feet
  2. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    900 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,100 feet
  2. Community center at Bland Community center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    190 feet
  2. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    480 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    360 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    510 feet
  2. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 327 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 39th Avenue or Main Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.