Cherry Avenue & Colden Street
Cherry Avenue and Colden Street meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Elder Av, is 910 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/Elder Av, 910 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Elder Av Q20, Q44 SBS910 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
- 23 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station0.5 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2021
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
- 43 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 4,100 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 1962 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Cherry Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
South side of Cherry Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
West side of Colden Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
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-K230 feet
- The Active Learning Elementary School Pre-K1,070 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park610 feet
- Queens Botanical Garden930 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Plus Supermarket0.3 miles
- Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
- GW Supermarket 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 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:
- Cherry Avenue & Byrd Street 240 feet
- Main Street & Cherry Avenue 430 feet
- Colden Street & Elder Avenue 550 feet
- Main Street & Dahlia Avenue 700 feet
- Colden Street & Franklin Avenue 710 feet
- Main Street & Blossom Avenue 750 feet
- Elder Avenue & Byrd Street 780 feet
- Main Street & Franklin Avenue 930 feet
See every intersection along Cherry Avenue or Colden Street.