Kissena Boulevard & Cherry Avenue

Kissena Boulevard and Cherry 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. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Elder Av, is 420 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Kissena Blvd/Elder Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kissena Boulevard & Cherry Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Elder Av, 420 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Elder Av Q17, Q25 · Shelter
    420 feet
    Q17 Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cherry Avenue and Kissena Boulevard.

  • 13 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. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,700 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 1959 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Kissena Boulevard (west side).

North side of Cherry Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cherry Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 430986, 431341, 439810 and 449939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Maple Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 45-25 Kissena Boulevard Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    60 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and five 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:

See every intersection along Cherry Avenue or Kissena Boulevard.

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