Grand Central Parkway & 76th Road

Grand Central Parkway and 76th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Ahavath Sholom is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Queens Blvd/76 Rd · Q60
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Central Parkway & 76th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 75 Av E, F
    1,140 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
    0.3 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/76 Rd, 550 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/76 Rd Q60 · Shelter
    550 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd S & 76 Rd 18 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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; the corner is on the edge of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park area
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 76th Road

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

South side of 76th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Grand Central Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Kids of America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. Baby Steps Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School
    470 feet
Show all 4
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    320 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and one food store.

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 76th Road 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.