Grand Central Parkway & 65th Avenue

Grand Central Parkway and 65th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jurassic Playground is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 108 St/65 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q23, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Grand Central Parkway & 65th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 108 St/65 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q23.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 108 St/65 Av Q23
    0.3 miles
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 64 Rd & Grand Central Pkwy 12 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-34 Colonial Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 66-36 Yellowstone Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 71 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1949 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the arborvitae.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 65th Avenue

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

South side of 65th Avenue

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

West side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Underbridge Dog Run Park
    310 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    670 feet
  3. Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jurassic Playground
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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.