Bowne Street & Cherry Avenue

Bowne Street and Cherry Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, is 1,170 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Parsons Blvd/Beech Av · Q26, Q27
Within a walk
22 places
16 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bowne Street & Cherry Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, 1,170 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Beech Av Q26, Q27
    1,170 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cherry Avenue.

  • 2 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
    0.8 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 nine 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Turn calming, May 2023

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Bowne Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Cherry Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cherry Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowne Street or Cherry Avenue.

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