45th Avenue & Bowne Street

The four-way crossing of 45th Avenue and Bowne Street is in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/45 Av, is 940 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Kissena Blvd/45 Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
15 places
11 religious buildings, 1 hospital and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & Bowne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/45 Av, 940 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/45 Av Q17, Q25
    940 feet
    Q17 Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flushing
Elevation
54 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 45th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 438723 and 442890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 45-25 Kissena Boulevard Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 45th Avenue or Bowne Street.

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