Parsons Boulevard & Cherry Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Cherry Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. YWCA Flushing is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, is 350 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 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 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

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Cherry Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Beech Av, 350 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
East Flushing
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cherry Avenue

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

South side of Cherry Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

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

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 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
    480 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    690 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    570 feet
  2. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    440 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 three 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry 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.