Burns Street & Upshaw Road

Burns Street and Upshaw 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 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Union Tpke/Grenfell St · Q37
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Burns Street & Upshaw Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke 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 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 400 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q37
    400 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
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.7 miles

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
111 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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kew Forest School
    940 feet
  2. Beth Gavriel DCC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. Ezra Academy School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    830 feet
  2. Forest Park
    930 feet
  3. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Burns Street or Upshaw Road.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.