Parsons Boulevard & Holly Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Holly Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Hospital Medical Center is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 90 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

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Parsons Boulevard & Holly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, 90 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 46 Av/Parsons Blvd Q26, Q27 · Shelter
    90 feet
    Q26 Q27
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Holly Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ucp of NYC - the Clearview School
    640 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lawrence Triangle
    810 feet

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Marys Nativity St Ann RC Church House of worship
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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