Ascan Avenue & Manse Street
Ascan Avenue and Manse Street meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The city lists it as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Forest Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 330 feet away for the Q54, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 16 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 330 feet away, for the Q54.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q54330 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 1,190 feet by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.3 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 February 2020.
The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.
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
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 15 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Ascan Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Manse Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Manse Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Berkowits School of Electrolysis Trade or language school560 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park1,070 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Ascan Avenue & Loubet Street 260 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Ascan Avenue 290 feet
- 72nd Road & Manse Street 340 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 72nd Drive 370 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 74th Avenue 480 feet
- Kessel Street & Ascan Avenue 520 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 72nd Road 630 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Manse Street 670 feet
See every intersection along Ascan Avenue or Manse Street.