Parsons Boulevard & 38th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 38th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island Care Center is 740 feet away, and Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd · Q12
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 nursing homes or hospices and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 38th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.4 miles
    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 Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd, 800 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Parsons Blvd Q12 · Shelter
    800 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    710 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

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
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 1959 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1661 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 historic sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shield Institute of Flushing School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    600 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    540 feet
  2. Long Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    740 feet
  3. Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsland Homestead Historic site · landmark · listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 38th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.