Austin Street & Yellowstone Boulevard

Austin Street and Yellowstone Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner is also named Detective Jeffrey A. Lee Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 90 feet to the 112th Precinct, and Forest Hills Jewish Center is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 67 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
67 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Yellowstone Blvd/Gerard Pl · Q23, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
18 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & Yellowstone Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 67 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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, 590 feet away, for the Q23, QM12 and QM42.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. QM12 …
  3. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75-41 Yellowstone Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 104-40 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    460 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2019
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
49 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Detective Jeffrey A. Lee Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Detective Jeffrey A. Lee Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 94 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Austin Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Austin Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 9 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-11AM 30 MINUTE LIMIT 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 11AM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Clearview Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    290 feet
  2. J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage School
    340 feet
  3. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
Show all 6
  1. Wonderland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet
  2. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    1,150 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Sage Playground
    270 feet
  2. MacDonald Park
    980 feet

Health care

  1. Forest Hills Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Forest Hills House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Sephardic Jewish Congregation & Center of Queens House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 68-07 Burns Street Older adult center
    930 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    1,220 feet
  3. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 112th Precinct Police station
    90 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Vitelio's Market Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 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 18 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Austin Street or Yellowstone Boulevard.

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