Britton Avenue & Ketcham Street

Britton Avenue and Ketcham Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
540 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Hampton St/Britton Av · Q29
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Britton Avenue & Ketcham Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    540 feet
    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. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Britton Av, 800 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Britton Av Q29
    800 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Britton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Judge St & Britton Ave 23 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the black locust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Britton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    1,030 feet
  3. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Moore Homestead Playground
    590 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 15 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Britton Avenue or Ketcham Street.

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