Burling Street & Delaware Avenue

Burling Street and Delaware Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Elm Av, is 760 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Parsons Blvd/Elm Av · Q26, Q27
Within a walk
20 places
16 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Burling Street & Delaware Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Elm Av, 760 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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)
East Flushing
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Burling Street (west side).

East side of Burling Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Delaware Avenue

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

South side of Delaware Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 435124 and 438319.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    840 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Burling Street or Delaware Avenue.

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.