Union Street & Sanford Avenue

Union Street and Sanford Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. First Baptist Church Flushing is 140 feet away, and Flushing Post Office is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Sanford Av/Kissena Blvd · Q26, Q27, Q65
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 2 career or business centers and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Sanford 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 six 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 Sanford Av/Kissena Blvd, 500 feet away, for the Q26, Q27 and Q65.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sanford Av/Kissena Blvd Q26, Q27, Q65
    500 feet
    Q26 Q27 Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …
  3. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sanford Avenue and Union Street.

  • 25 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. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    870 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
  • Turn calming, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

Homes

About 3,000 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 1955 and 1974.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Sanford Avenue

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

East side of Union Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 458599.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 John Bowne School
    570 feet
  2. Berlitz on Campus/Life (Flushing) Trade or language school
    610 feet
  3. Honey Art Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    50 feet
  2. Maple Playground
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Franklin Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    140 feet
  2. St Michaels Church House of worship
    480 feet
  3. Chinese for Christ NY Church House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. C&A Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Chung Fat Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. H Mart 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 34 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Sanford Avenue or Union Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.