Union Street & Franklin Avenue

Union Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chinese for Christ NY Church is 270 feet away, and St Michaels Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Kissena Blvd/Franklin Av · Q17, Q25
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Franklin Avenue 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 Kissena Blvd/Franklin Av, 500 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Franklin Av Q17, Q25 · Shelter
    500 feet
    Q17 Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-04 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,900 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 1939 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

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

North side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Union Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 327552 and 334886.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. The Active Learning Elementary School Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Honeypot Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    1,260 feet
  2. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    740 feet
  2. Maple Playground
    890 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    630 feet
  3. St Michaels Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Plus Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 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 eight places to eat and nine 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 Franklin Avenue or Union Street.

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