Burns Street & Overhill Road

Burns Street 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 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about nine minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Union Tpke/Grenfell St · Q37
Within a walk
1 place
1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Burns Street & Overhill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 1,230 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q37
    1,230 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 Ave & Queens Blvd S 29 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 December 2017.

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
85 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1938.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Burns Street or Overhill Road.

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