Ketcham Street & Pettit Avenue

Ketcham Street and Pettit Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst A Post Office is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
82 St/Roosevelt Av · Q29
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ketcham Street & Pettit Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    900 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    1,270 feet
    7
  2. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 82 St/Roosevelt Av, 1,230 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St/Roosevelt Av Q29
    1,230 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Judge St & Britton Ave 23 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1931 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ketcham Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Pettit Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Pettit Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dunningham Triangle
    860 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    920 feet
  3. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 17 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ketcham Street or Pettit Avenue.

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.