Parsons Boulevard & Ash Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Ash Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. YWCA Flushing is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Ash Av, is 90 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Parsons Blvd/Ash Av · Q26, Q27
Within a walk
14 places
10 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Ash Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Ash Av, 90 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Ash Av Q26, Q27
    90 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Parsons Boulevard.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flushing
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ash Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Ash Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ash 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.