Parsons Boulevard & 79th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 79th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Al-Mamoor School is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Union Tpke, is 300 feet away for the Q25, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Parsons Blvd/Union Tpke · Q25
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 79th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Union Tpke, 300 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Union Tpke Q25 · Shelter
    300 feet
    Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 8 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station
    530 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 79th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-3PM

South side of 79th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 447394.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Mamoor School
    230 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ketana of Queens School
    380 feet
  3. St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic School
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kew Gardens Sep Preschool
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 315/Ladder 125 Fire station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.