College Point Boulevard & Sanford Avenue

College Point Boulevard and Sanford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 23 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
College Point Blvd/Sanford Av · Q58, Q98
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
College Point Boulevard & Sanford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/Sanford Av, 120 feet away, for the Q58 and Q98.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/Sanford Av Q58, Q98
    120 feet
    Q58 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on College Point Boulevard and Sanford Avenue.

  • 15 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 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)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of College Point Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of College Point Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sanford Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402574, 403851, 463559 and 466674.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    930 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sky View Parc Public space
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sky Foods Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,140 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along College Point Boulevard or Sanford Avenue.

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