Sanford Avenue & Haight Street

Sanford Avenue and Haight Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
College Point Blvd/Sanford Av · Q58, Q98
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sanford Avenue & Haight Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.5 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 College Point Blvd/Sanford Av, 370 feet away, for the Q58 and Q98.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/Sanford Av Q58, Q98
    370 feet
    Q58 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 40-24 College Point Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Haight Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Haight Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sanford Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  3. Chinese-American Planning Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Sky View Parc Public space
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Sky Foods Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Haight Street or Sanford Avenue.

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