Beechknoll Road & Overhill Road

Beechknoll Road and Overhill Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Grenfell St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q37, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Beechknoll Road & Overhill Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q37
    0.3 miles
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1939.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Church in the Gardens Community House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church in the Gardens Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.