Parsons Boulevard & Jewel Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Jewel Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Pomonok Library is 500 feet away, and Police Service Area #9 is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/Parsons Blvd, is 90 feet away for the Q74, QM4 and QM44, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them police stations, and five places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Jewel Av/Parsons Blvd · Q74, QM4, QM44
Within a walk
5 places
2 police stations, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Jewel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/Parsons Blvd, 90 feet away, for the Q74, QM4 and QM44.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewel Av/Parsons Blvd Q74, QM4, QM44
    90 feet
    Q74 QM4 QM44

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q74 …
  2. QM4 …
  3. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
112 feet above sea level

Homes

About 700 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 in 1952.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 105 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jewel Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Jewel Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 33 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444118 and 458413.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York Police Department - 107th Precinct.

  1. Roof Sculpture for 107th Police Precinct Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1992
    780 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 police stations
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Legacy Park
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomonok Library
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pomonok Post Office
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #9 Police station
    800 feet
  2. 107th Precinct Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jewel Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

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