Parsons Boulevard & Highland Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Highland Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. Q086 is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
120 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Highland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd F
    120 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd, 230 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd Q1, Q43
    230 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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 April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Highland Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Highland Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    390 feet
  2. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    430 feet
  3. P.S. Q086 School
    570 feet
Show all 10
  1. Hillcrest High School
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 182 Samantha Smith School
    920 feet
  3. Happy Little Bear Day Care 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  4. American Medical Career TRN Ctr Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  5. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  6. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    1,190 feet
  7. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 153-36 89th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica YMCA Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 Fire station
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highland Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.