Parsons Boulevard & 32nd Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 32nd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Linden Hill Post Office is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bayside Av/Union St, is 910 feet away for the Q16, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 17 of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1967, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Bayside Av/Union St · Q16
Within a walk
24 places
17 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 32nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bayside Av/Union St, 910 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bayside Av/Union St Q16
    910 feet
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

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)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Tudor Revival, and built in 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. KA of Flushing Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church House of worship
    250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 32nd Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

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