Kissena Boulevard & Sanford Avenue

Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2026, 15,739 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here through August 3. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center is 590 feet away, and P.S. 020 John Bowne is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 80 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Kissena Blvd/Sanford Av · Q25
Within a walk
18 places
4 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kissena Boulevard & Sanford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    1,230 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/Sanford Av, 80 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Sanford Av Q25
    80 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

  • 71 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. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    310 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2010
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023
  • Turn calming, February 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 15,739 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 1957 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Sanford Avenue (south side).

East side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443029, 455774, 455775 and 468565.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    320 feet
  2. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    1,130 feet
  2. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Playground
    510 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    640 feet
  3. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    680 feet
  2. St Michaels Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Post Office Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    590 feet
  3. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 places to eat and 21 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kissena Boulevard or Sanford Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.