Parsons Boulevard & 24th Avenue
Parsons Boulevard and 24th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. The corner is also named Bernard L. Shapiro Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Lowell School is 220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Willets Point Blvd, is 210 feet away for the Q20, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Willets Point Blvd, 210 feet away, for the Q20.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Parsons Blvd/Willets Point Blvd Q20210 feetQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & I 678, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
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)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 46 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Bernard L. Shapiro Boulevard, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 1955 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Bernard L. Shapiro Boulevard.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Life-Skills Home Training Tutorial Program for Pre-Schoolers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K190 feet
- Lowell School220 feet
- Life Skills Preschool220 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch930 feet
Supermarkets
- Hua Lian Supermarket Supermarket630 feet
- H Mart Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Parsons Boulevard & 22nd Road 240 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 23rd Avenue 300 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 25th Avenue 360 feet
- 25th Avenue & 144th Street 480 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 22nd Avenue 500 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 144th Street 510 feet
- 144th Street & 22nd Road 560 feet
- 23rd Avenue & Lee Street 680 feet
See every intersection along 24th Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.