Parsons Boulevard & 15th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 15th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,138 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Harvey Park is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/14 Av, is 350 feet away for the Q44 SBS and QM2, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat.

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Parsons Boulevard & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/14 Av, 350 feet away, for the Q44 SBS and QM2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/14 Av Q44 SBS, QM2
    350 feet
    Q44 SBS QM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …
  2. QM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 700 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

In 2025, 1,138 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 697th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 546 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Parsons Boulevard878411
Northbound on Parsons Boulevard260135
Total1,138546

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 15th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harvey Park
    390 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity RC Church Whitestone House of worship
    990 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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