Sanford Avenue & Bowne Street

Sanford Avenue and Bowne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne Playground is 340 feet away, and NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
36 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Sanford Av/Bowne St · Q26, Q27, Q65
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sanford Avenue & Bowne Street 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 nine 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 Sanford Av/Bowne St, 60 feet away, for the Q26, Q27 and Q65.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sanford Av/Bowne St Q26, Q27, Q65
    60 feet
    Q26 Q27 Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …
  3. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sanford Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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.

  • 36 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,500 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 1955 and 1973.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowne Street

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

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 440857.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    360 feet
  3. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    340 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    490 feet
  3. St Michaels Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bowne Street Community Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 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 seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bowne Street or Sanford Avenue.

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