Hillside Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue

Hillside Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Metro Triangle is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-Van Wyck, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-Van Wyck
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av · Q54
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-Van Wyck, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.3 miles
    E

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. E …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. E …

Also within a walk

  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av, 160 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Hillside Av Q54
    160 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-14 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 130th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

West side of 130th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9AM

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    830 feet
  2. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 132-10 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,080 feet
  3. Zucker Jewish Academy of Queens School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 130th Street, Hillside Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.

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