39th Avenue & Prince Street

The four-way crossing of 39th Avenue and Prince 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. The ornamental gates “Goldenrain Corners” are 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them trade or language schools, and 267 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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39th Avenue & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    710 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 Roosevelt Av/Prince St, 310 feet away, for the Q90.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Prince St Q90
    310 feet
    Q90

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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, November 2025

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Glenleven linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 2 signs BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

East side of Prince Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Prince Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 441289 and 444792.

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
    50 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    130 feet
  2. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    130 feet
  3. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    530 feet
Show all 15
  1. Amlotus Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    710 feet
  3. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    710 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    710 feet
  5. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    710 feet
  6. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    920 feet
  7. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  8. Windsor School
    940 feet
  9. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    950 feet
  10. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    970 feet
  11. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
  12. Sky Language Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James A. Bland Playground
    570 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sky View Parc Public space
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Queens Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Bland Community center
    690 feet
  2. Older adult center at 40-15 College Point Boulevard Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    670 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    1,040 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,140 feet

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    1,070 feet
  2. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 267 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.