77th Avenue & Kew Forest Lane

The three-way junction of 77th Avenue and Kew Forest Lane is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kew Forest School is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about three minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and 20 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
910 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Queens Blvd/77 Av · Q60
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
77th Avenue & Kew Forest Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    910 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/77 Av, 300 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/77 Av Q60 · Shelter
    300 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 Ave & Queens Blvd S 29 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1937 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 77th Avenue (west side).

East side of 77th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Kew Forest Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kew Forest Lane

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463454 and 464872.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    850 feet
  2. Ezra Academy School
    920 feet
  3. Kew Forest School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Baby Steps Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    690 feet
  2. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    530 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 77th Avenue or Kew Forest Lane.

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