Horace Harding Expressway & Parsons Boulevard
Horace Harding Expressway and Parsons Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 201 the Discovery School for Inquiry and Research is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, is 120 feet away for the Q17 and Q88, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, 120 feet away, for the Q17 and Q88.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd Q17, Q88120 feetQ17 Q88
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q88 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 400 feet by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Horace Harding Expressway (north side).
East side of Parsons Boulevard
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 445479.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 201 the Discovery School for Inquiry and Research School1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket910 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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:
- Horace Harding Expressway & 159th Street 270 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway 400 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 65th Avenue 490 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 160th Street 530 feet
- 157th Street & 65th Avenue 750 feet
- 159th Street & 65th Avenue 760 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 155th Street 790 feet
- 155th Street & 64th Avenue 1,000 feet
See every intersection along Horace Harding Expressway or Parsons Boulevard.