Elmhurst Avenue & Ketcham Street

Elmhurst Avenue and Ketcham Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Moore Homestead Playground is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Broadway/Whitney Av · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Elmhurst Avenue & Ketcham Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    580 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/Whitney Av, 790 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Whitney Av Q53 SBS
    790 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Elmhurst Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Whitney Ave & Ketcham Pl 25 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,000 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 1939 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elmhurst Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Campus Education Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    1,060 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    1,060 feet
  2. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School 2 School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    550 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    740 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elmhurst Avenue or Ketcham Street.

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