Union Street & 34th Road

Union Street and 34th Road meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. St John Vianney RC Church is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/35 Av, is 280 feet away for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Union St/35 Av · Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
26 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & 34th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union St/35 Av, 280 feet away, for the Q16, Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St/35 Av Q16, Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    280 feet
    Q16 Q20 Q44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. Q20 …
  3. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Union Street.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1967 and 1988.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 34th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Collegiate Gothic and Queen Anne, one each, and built between 1887 and 1915.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Academy High School
    340 feet
  2. Ace Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    650 feet
  3. Flushing High School Landmark · listed historic place
    690 feet
Show all 9
  1. Queens High School for Language Studies School
    690 feet
  2. Veritas Academy School
    690 feet
  3. Little Masters Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  4. Children's House Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  5. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  6. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Greens Park
    920 feet

Health care

  1. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    590 feet
  2. Cypress Garden Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lewis H Latimer House Historic site
    510 feet
  2. Mitchell-Linden Library
    1,190 feet
  3. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Flushing Town Hall Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Vianney RC Church House of worship
    100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Latimer Gardens Community Center
    1,080 feet
  2. Older adult center at 34-30 137th Street Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Road or Union Street.

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