Francis Lewis Boulevard & 35th Avenue at Crocheron Avenue

Francis Lewis Boulevard, 35th Avenue and Crocheron Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Auburndale, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 320/Ladder 167 firehouse is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Francis Lewis Blvd/Crocheron Av, is 120 feet away for the Q76, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

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Francis Lewis Boulevard & 35th Avenue at Crocheron Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Francis Lewis Blvd/Crocheron Av, 120 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Francis Lewis Blvd/Crocheron Av Q76
    120 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-67 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    360 feet
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2014
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Auburndale
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Crocheron Avenue (west side) and Francis Lewis Boulevard (west side).

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Crocheron Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Francis Lewis Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Francis Lewis Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443054 and 452423.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Dream Trees Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. I.S. 025 Adrien Block School
    690 feet
  3. World Journalism Preparatory: a College Board School
    690 feet
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  1. Francis Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 320/Ladder 167 Fire station
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    370 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.