Robinson Street & Poplar Avenue

Robinson Street and Poplar Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Kissena Park is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Rose Av, is 1,130 feet away for the Q17 and Q25. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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Robinson Street & Poplar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Rose Av, 1,130 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Rose Av Q17, Q25
    1,130 feet
    Q17 Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Poplar Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Poplar Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Robinson Street

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

West side of Robinson Street

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Park
    550 feet
  2. Kissena Corridor Park
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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.