Parsons Boulevard & Barclay Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Barclay Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. YWCA Flushing is 920 feet away, and J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Sanford Av/Parsons Blvd · Q13
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Barclay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.5 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 Sanford Av/Parsons Blvd, 410 feet away, for the Q13.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sanford Av/Parsons Blvd Q13
    410 feet
    Q13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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
    0.4 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    650 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017
  • Turn calming, October 2023

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)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 1951 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 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 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barclay Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Barclay Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Flushing International High School
    930 feet
  2. J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard School
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Barclay 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.