Cherry Avenue & Byrd Street
Cherry Avenue and Byrd Street meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Elder Av, is 670 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/Elder Av, 670 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Elder Av Q20, Q44 SBS670 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
- 25 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
- 42 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1961 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Byrd Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
West side of Byrd Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Cherry Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 botanical garden
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Jack & Jill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K470 feet
- The Active Learning Elementary School Pre-K1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park510 feet
- Queens Botanical Garden690 feet
Supermarkets
- Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
- GW Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
- Food Plus Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 11 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:
- Main Street & Cherry Avenue 180 feet
- Cherry Avenue & Colden Street 240 feet
- Main Street & Dahlia Avenue 460 feet
- Main Street & Blossom Avenue 510 feet
- Elder Avenue & Byrd Street 600 feet
- Cherry Avenue & Saull Street 770 feet
- Colden Street & Elder Avenue 790 feet
- Main Street & Elder Avenue 820 feet
See every intersection along Byrd Street or Cherry Avenue.