Burns Street & Ascan Avenue

Burns Street and Ascan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1938, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
75 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Burns Street & Ascan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.3 miles
    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. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 850 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM18
    850 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 72 Rd 16 docks in all
    1,250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.5 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1930 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ascan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ascan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 464662.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    580 feet
  3. Church in the Gardens Community House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. P.S. 101 School in the Gardens School
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church in the Gardens Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and six 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ascan Avenue or Burns Street.

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