Burns Street & Borage Place
Burns Street and Borage Place meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 75 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
- 75 Av E, F0.3 milesE F
Next trains at this station
Jamaica
2 lines- E …
- F …
Manhattan
2 lines- E …
- F …
Also within a walk
- Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R0.5 milesE F M R
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 1,130 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM181,130 feetQ60 QM18
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
- QM18 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Queens Blvd N & 72 Rd 16 docks in all0.3 miles
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.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station1 mile
- 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2016.
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
- Two of the streets are 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
Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K330 feet
- Church in the Gardens Community House Preschool, ages 2 to 5340 feet
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School870 feet
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- Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school1,200 feet
Houses of worship
- Church in the Gardens Listed historic place290 feet
- First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship1,300 feet
Bank branches
- Santander Bank Bank branch910 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Beechknoll Road & Borage Place 210 feet
- Burns Street & Ascan Avenue 280 feet
- 75th Avenue & Burns Street 330 feet
- Greenway North & Borage Place 460 feet
- 75th Avenue & Beechknoll Road 510 feet
- Burns Street & Puritan Avenue 620 feet
- Burns Street & Slocum Crescent 650 feet
- Austin Street & Ascan Avenue 670 feet
See every intersection along Borage Place or Burns Street.