Grand Central Parkway & 75th Avenue

Grand Central Parkway and 75th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
860 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
Queens Blvd/76 Rd · Q60
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Central Parkway & 75th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 Av E, F
    860 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/76 Rd, 1,210 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/76 Rd Q60 · Shelter
    1,210 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 75 Ave 25 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1950 and 1990.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of 75th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 75th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School
    340 feet
  2. Bright Kids of America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Baby Steps Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    980 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Willow Lake Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    340 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 75th Avenue or Grand Central Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.