Parsons Boulevard & 77th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 77th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 250 the Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/77 Av, is 80 feet away for the Q25, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Parsons Blvd/77 Av · Q25
Within a walk
12 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 77th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/77 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/77 Av Q25 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11366
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 77th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 77th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Solomon Schechter School-Queens School
    420 feet
  2. I.S. 250 the Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School
    520 feet
  3. P.S. Q255 School
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. Queens School of Inquiry, The School
    520 feet
  2. The World Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Robert F. Kennedy Community High School
    720 feet
  4. Yeshiva Ketana of Queens School
    810 feet
  5. Al-Mamoor School
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 77th Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

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