Kissena Boulevard & Holly Avenue

Kissena Boulevard and Holly Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. East-West School of International Studies is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Holly Av, is 20 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Kissena Blvd/Holly Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kissena Boulevard & Holly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Holly Av, 20 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Holly Av Q17, Q25
    20 feet
    Q17 Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Kissena Boulevard.

  • 6 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
East Flushing
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kissena Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Little Lollipop Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Muslim Center Junior HS School
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 024 Andrew Jackson School
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. East-West School of International Studies School
    880 feet
  2. I.S. 237 School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    1,070 feet
  2. Evergreen Community Garden
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witness Kingdom Hall Flushing House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and seven 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Holly 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.