Parsons Boulevard & Beech Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Beech Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Russian Orthodox Church is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, is 100 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

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Parsons Boulevard & Beech Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, 100 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Beech Av Q26, Q27
    100 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
    0.6 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
    0.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beech Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Beech Avenue

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

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    930 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and five 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beech 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.