Parsons Boulevard & Kalmia Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Kalmia Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Hospital Medical Center is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 520 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

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Parsons Boulevard & Kalmia Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/Parsons Blvd, 520 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 46 Av/Parsons Blvd Q26, Q27
    520 feet
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.2 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 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
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kalmia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Kalmia Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Health care

  1. Flushing Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.