Union Street & Barclay Avenue

Union Street and Barclay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bowne Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1956 and 1974, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Roosevelt Av/Union St · Q12
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Barclay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.3 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 Roosevelt Av/Union St, 770 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Union St Q12
    770 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Union Street.

  • 22 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. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2017.

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1956 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Barclay Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Barclay Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443028 and 451636.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    550 feet
  2. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    620 feet
  3. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    790 feet
Show all 7
  1. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  4. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    50 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    430 feet
  3. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    200 feet
  2. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet
  3. Flushing Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 17 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barclay Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.