Willets Point Boulevard & 144th Street
Willets Point Boulevard and 144th Street meet at a three-way junction in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lowell School is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/Parsons Blvd, is 110 feet away for the Q20, Q61, QM2 and QM20, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union St/Parsons Blvd, 110 feet away, for the Q20, Q61, QM2 and QM20.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union St/Parsons Blvd Q20, Q61, QM2, QM20110 feetQ20 Q61 QM2 QM20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q61 …
- QM2 …
- QM20 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Willets Point Boulevard.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & I 678, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 November 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11357
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Willets Point Boulevard
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Life-Skills Home Training Tutorial Program for Pre-Schoolers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K310 feet
- Lowell School440 feet
- Life Skills Preschool440 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch730 feet
Supermarkets
- Hua Lian Supermarket Supermarket370 feet
- H Mart Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.
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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 25th Avenue & 144th Street 70 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 25th Avenue 170 feet
- 25th Avenue & 143rd Street 330 feet
- 143rd Street & Union Street 350 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 24th Avenue 510 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 144th Place 520 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 25th Drive 710 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 22nd Road 750 feet
See every intersection along 144th Street or Willets Point Boulevard.