112th Street & Jewel Avenue

The four-way crossing of 112th Street and Jewel Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jewel Av/112 St · Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
112th Street & Jewel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/112 St, 80 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewel Av/112 St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
    80 feet
    Q64 Q74 QM4 QM44

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …
  2. Q74 …
  3. QM4 …
  4. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 113 St & Jewel Ave 12 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 950 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 110-34 Colonial Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019
  • Turn calming, June 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 112th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 112th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Jewel Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Jewel Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Bnos Malka Academy School
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Fairview Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ Forest Hills House of worship
    390 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills House of worship
    680 feet
  3. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 112th Street or Jewel Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.