Austin Street & 68th Avenue

Austin Street and 68th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 67 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
67 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Yellowstone Blvd/Gerard Pl · Q23, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 68th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 67 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 67 Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Yellowstone Blvd/Gerard Pl, 960 feet away, for the Q23, QM12 and QM42.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Yellowstone Blvd/Gerard Pl Q23, QM12, QM42 · Shelter
    960 feet
    Q23 QM12 QM42
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. QM12 …
  3. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Booth St & 68 Dr 15 docks in all
    900 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 104-20 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 1948 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 68th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 68th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Austin Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage School
    330 feet
  2. Clearview Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Wonderland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Forest Hills Montessori School
    950 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Sage Playground
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Forest Hills House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Sephardic Jewish Congregation & Center of Queens House of worship
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 68-07 Burns Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 112th Precinct Police station
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Vitelio's Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Avenue or Austin Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.