Austin Street & 77th Road

Austin Street and 77th Road meet at a three-way junction 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 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about four minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Union Tpke/Grenfell St · Q37
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 77th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    1,090 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
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 960 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q37
    960 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 Ave & Queens Blvd S 29 docks in all
    960 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. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 77th Road

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

West side of 77th Road

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

North side of Austin Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Austin Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 23 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kew Forest School
    670 feet
  2. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  3. Ezra Academy School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Beth Gavriel DCC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and two 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 77th Road 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.