Blossom Avenue & Crommelin Street

Blossom Avenue and Crommelin Street meet at a five-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/Fowler Av, is 700 feet away for the Q58, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
College Point Blvd/Fowler Av · Q58
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blossom Avenue & Crommelin Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/Fowler Av, 700 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/Fowler Av Q58
    700 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, June 2026
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
18 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.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blossom Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Blossom Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Crommelin Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crommelin Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    50 feet
  2. Queens Botanical Garden
    510 feet
  3. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Al Oerter Recreation Center
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blossom Avenue, Botanical Garden Driveway or Crommelin Street.

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