Parsons Boulevard & Franklin Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Franklin Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Ash Av, is 380 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Parsons Blvd/Ash Av · Q26, Q27
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Ash Av, 380 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/Ash Av Q26, Q27
    380 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.

  • 10 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, 1.1 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
    1,210 feet
  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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2020
  • Turn calming, July 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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,900 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 1950 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 3 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.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Flushing International High School
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YWCA Flushing Recreation center
    370 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin 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.