Kissena Boulevard & Barclay Avenue

Kissena Boulevard and Barclay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Michaels Church is 660 feet away, and James A. Bland Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 124 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Kissena Blvd/Main St · Q17
Within a walk
22 places
6 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kissena Boulevard & Barclay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    930 feet
    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 Kissena Blvd/Main St, 230 feet away, for the Q17.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Main St Q17
    230 feet
    Q17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …

Live arrivals

Kissena Boulevard carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 79 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    420 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 between 1956 and 1996.

Since 2014 at least 247 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7am to 10pm on Kissena Boulevard (west side).

North side of Barclay Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Barclay Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443028, 451636, 451637 and 455775.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    460 feet
  2. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    570 feet
  3. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  3. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  5. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Playground
    810 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    850 feet
  3. James A. Bland Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    330 feet
  3. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    330 feet
  2. Flushing Post Office Listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Jmart Supermarket
    760 feet
  3. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    960 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 124 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Barclay Avenue or Kissena Boulevard.

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.