Union Street & Cherry Avenue

Union Street and Cherry Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Elder Av, is 840 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Kissena Blvd/Elder Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
10 places
8 religious buildings and 2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Cherry Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Elder Av, 840 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Elder Av Q17, Q25 · Shelter
    840 feet
    Q17 Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cherry Avenue.

  • 13 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,200 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 1950 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 7:30am to 7pm on Cherry Avenue (north side).

South side of Cherry Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Union Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 439810 and 449939.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Kissena Cherry Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kissena Jewish Center Synagogue House of worship
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Plus Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gold City Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry Avenue or Union Street.

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