Parsons Boulevard & Booth Memorial Avenue
Parsons Boulevard and Booth Memorial Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Queensboro Hill, Queens, at the edge of Kissena Park. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 163 Flushing Heights is 830 feet away, and Kissena Velodrome is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, is 1,230 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, 1,230 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av Q17, Q251,230 feetQ17 Q25
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q25 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 4 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 December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queensboro Hill; the corner is on the edge of the Kissena Park area
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 school
- 1 stadium or arena
Schools and child care
- P.S. 163 Flushing Heights School830 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park50 feet
- Four Winds Playground470 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park1,230 feet
Show all 4
- Captain Mario Fajardo Playground1,260 feet
Theaters, arts and venues
- Kissena Velodrome Stadium or arena1,080 feet
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket0.3 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 157th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 270 feet
- 159th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 270 feet
- 160th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 530 feet
- 156th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 540 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 59th Avenue 620 feet
- 161st Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 790 feet
- 155th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 800 feet
- 159th Street & 59th Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along Booth Memorial Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.