Parsons Boulevard & Roosevelt Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Shield Institute of Flushing is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1959 and 1972, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
19 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
41 Av/Parsons Blvd · Q15
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & Roosevelt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 41 Av/Parsons Blvd, 520 feet away, for the Q15.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 41 Av/Parsons Blvd Q15 · Shelter
    520 feet
    Q15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Turn calming, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 4,300 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 1959 and 1972.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 6AM-6:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1891 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 historic site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shield Institute of Flushing School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    970 feet
  2. Long Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kingsland Homestead Historic site · listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Parsons Boulevard or Roosevelt Avenue.

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