39th Avenue & Union Street

The three-way junction of 39th Avenue and Union Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Michaels Church is 890 feet away, and Bowne Playground is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about three 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.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
39 Av/Union St · Q28
Within a walk
27 places
9 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    790 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, 50 feet away, for the Q28.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
  • Turn calming, February 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1963 and 2001.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Union Street (east side).

North side of 39th Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 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 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 435329, 439934 and 452146.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

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 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 career or business center
  • 7 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
    310 feet
  3. Sky Language Trade or language school
    460 feet
Show all 10
  1. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    860 feet
  3. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  4. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  5. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  6. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    1,160 feet
  7. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    1,050 feet
  2. Flushing Greens Park
    1,150 feet
  3. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    1,210 feet
  3. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    1,030 feet
  3. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    520 feet
  2. 109th Precinct Police station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  3. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 39th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.