Jewel Avenue & Kissena Boulevard

Jewel Avenue and Kissena Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Police Service Area #9 is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/Kissena Blvd, is 100 feet away for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them older adult centers, and five places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Jewel Av/Kissena Blvd · Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
Within a walk
6 places
2 older adult centers, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jewel Avenue & Kissena Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/Kissena Blvd, 100 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewel Av/Kissena Blvd Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44 · Shelter
    100 feet
    Q64 Q74 QM4 QM44
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …
  2. Q74 …
  3. QM4 …
  4. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Jewel Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 in 1952.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jewel Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jewel Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of Kissena Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 447116.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Ivy International USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vleigh Playground
    810 feet
  2. Pomonok Playground
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 67-09 Kissena Boulevard Older adult center
    1,160 feet
  2. Older adult center at Pomonok Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #9 Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jewel Avenue or Kissena Boulevard.

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