Main Street & 38th Avenue

Main Street and 38th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing is 220 feet away, and Flushing Workforce1 Career Center is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 15 of them trade or language schools, and 285 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
430 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Main St/38 Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
35 places
15 trade or language schools, 7 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 38th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 430 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    430 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 Main St/38 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/38 Av Q20, Q44 SBS
    40 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    680 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1998 and 2008.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 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 7am to 10pm on Main Street (west side).

North side of 38th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 38th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 6:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Main Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 434251 and 453426.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1694 and 1908.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing #2 Municipal Parking Field.

  1. Goldenrain Corners Ornamental gates by Ming Fay, about 2004
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 15 trade or language schools
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    170 feet
  2. Windsor School
    330 feet
  3. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    380 feet
Show all 19
  1. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    350 feet
  3. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    350 feet
  4. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    370 feet
  5. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    380 feet
  6. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    620 feet
  7. Amlotus Trade or language school
    680 feet
  8. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    800 feet
  9. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    800 feet
  10. International Beauty School Trade or language school
    810 feet
  11. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    890 feet
  12. Sky Language Trade or language school
    890 feet
  13. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  14. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  15. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  16. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    850 feet
  2. James A. Bland Playground
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    460 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theater Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Flushing Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Old Quaker Meeting House Landmark · listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  3. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    50 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    160 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    390 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    680 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    570 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    710 feet
  2. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 285 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 38th Avenue or Main Street.

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