Forest Park Drive & Memorial Drive
Forest Park Drive and Memorial Drive meet at a three-way junction in Forest Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The planter “Sergeant Joseph E. Schaefer Memorial” is 390 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park LN South/Myrtle Av, is 610 feet away for the Q37, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Park LN South/Myrtle Av, 610 feet away, for the Q37.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Park LN South/Myrtle Av Q37610 feetQ37
Next buses at this stop
- Q37 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Forest Park Drive and Memorial Drive.
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.
- 90-01 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 102
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Park
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1929 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern white pine.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Memorial Drive
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Memorial Drive
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Forest Park.
- Sergeant Joseph E. Schaefer Memorial Planter, 1987390 feet
- Richmond Hill War Memorial Statue by Joseph Pasquale Pollia, 1925520 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
This corner stands inside Forest Park.
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Parksurrounds this corner
- Buddy Monument in Forest Park Park feature540 feet
- Jackson Pond Playground840 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & Park Lane South 620 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 109th Street 720 feet
- 108th Street & Park Lane South 790 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 110th Street 1,000 feet
- Park Lane South & 107th Street 1,050 feet
- 85th Avenue & 109th Street 1,170 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 85th Avenue 1,200 feet
- Park Lane South & 106th Street 1,280 feet
See every intersection along Forest Park Drive or Memorial Drive.