Kissena Boulevard & 65th Avenue
Kissena Boulevard and 65th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. The corner is also named Barry Commoner Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Godwin-Ternbach Museum is 160 feet away, and CUNY Queens College is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Queens College, is 330 feet away for the Q25. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Queens College, 330 feet away, for the Q25.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Queens College Q25330 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 7 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.6 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.2 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
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
- 72 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Barry Commoner Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 180 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 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Barry Commoner Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm on Kissena Boulevard (west side).
North side of 65th Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of 65th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 427918.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 older adult centers
- 1 college
- 1 museum
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Ivy Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K70 feet
- The Child Development Center at Queens College Preschool, ages 2 to 5160 feet
- P.S. 201 the Discovery School for Inquiry and Research School710 feet
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- CUNY Queens College830 feet
- Preschool 'r' US II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,060 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pomonok Playground130 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum160 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 67-09 Kissena Boulevard Older adult center920 feet
- Older adult center at Pomonok Older adult center920 feet
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 64th Avenue & Kissena Boulevard 290 feet
- 155th Street & 65th Avenue 380 feet
- 156th Street & 65th Avenue 640 feet
- 155th Street & 64th Avenue 660 feet
- Long Island Expressway & Kissena Boulevard 670 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Kissena Boulevard 770 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Reeves Avenue 850 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 155th Street 870 feet
See every intersection along 65th Avenue or Kissena Boulevard.