Grand Central Parkway & 77th Avenue

Grand Central Parkway and 77th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about four minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Queens Blvd/77 Av · Q60
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 college and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Central Parkway & 77th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    1,160 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. 75 Av E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/77 Av, 700 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/77 Av Q60 · Shelter
    700 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 78 Ave 24 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
59 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 1,100 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 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 77th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Grand Central Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Kids of America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Baby Steps Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Plaza College
    1,040 feet
  2. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    270 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 77th Avenue or Grand Central Parkway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.