Kissena Boulevard & Franklin Avenue

Kissena Boulevard and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 890 feet away, and Bowne Playground is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Kissena Blvd/Franklin Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kissena Boulevard & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.4 miles
    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/Franklin Av, 60 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Franklin Av Q17, Q25 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Q17 Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Kissena Boulevard.

  • 4 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Turn calming, November 2020

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 5,200 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kissena Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Active Learning Elementary School Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Playground
    450 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Food Plus Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 19 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Kissena Boulevard.

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