Main Street & 40th Road

Main Street and 40th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Library is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 13 of them trade or language schools, and 251 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
200 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Main St/40 Rd · Q25
Within a walk
35 places
13 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 40th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    200 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/40 Rd, 50 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/40 Rd Q25
    50 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 87 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    990 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2009
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022
  • Turn calming, October 2023

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 252 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Road

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 40th Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 6:30AM-7AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Main Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 435827 and 438457.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and neo-Gothic, one each. They were built between 1853 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
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    170 feet
  2. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    900 feet
Show all 18
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    520 feet
  3. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    520 feet
  4. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    520 feet
  5. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    870 feet
  6. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    880 feet
  7. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  8. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  9. Sky Language Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  10. Windsor School
    1,040 feet
  11. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  12. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    1,100 feet
  13. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  14. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  15. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James A. Bland Playground
    340 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    590 feet
  3. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. St Michaels Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    590 feet
  2. Community center at Bland Community center
    920 feet
  3. Older adult center at 133-14 41st Avenue Older adult center
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Flushing Post Office Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Older adult center at 40-15 College Point Boulevard Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    360 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    40 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    340 feet
  3. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    550 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    230 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    60 feet
  2. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 251 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th Road or Main Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, 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.