Bowne Street & Beech Avenue

Bowne Street and Beech Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, is 940 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Parsons Blvd/Beech Av · Q26, Q27
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowne Street & Beech Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, 940 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Beech Av Q26, Q27
    940 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 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 November 2025.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beech Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beech Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bowne Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beech 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.