Austin Street & 76th Avenue

Austin Street and 76th 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. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1939, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Queens Blvd/76 Av · Q60
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 76th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 Av E, F
    890 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. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/76 Av, 640 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/76 Av Q60 · Shelter
    640 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 76 Ave 16 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.2 miles
  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
    0.8 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 February 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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1935 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 76th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 76th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Austin Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 465442.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Medieval, and built between 1922 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Baby Steps Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station · landmark
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.