Burns Street & Continental Avenue

Burns Street and Continental Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. MacDonald Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 75 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Queens Blvd/71 Av · Q60
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Burns Street & Continental Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    730 feet
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/71 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/71 Av Q60 · Shelter
    790 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    860 feet
  2. MacDonald Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    350 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Burns Street or Continental Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.