Kew Gardens Road & Mowbray Drive

Kew Gardens Road and Mowbray Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 099 Kew Gardens is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about five minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them post offices, and 16 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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Kew Gardens Road & Mowbray Drive Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    1,210 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kew Gardens Rd/82 Rd, 180 feet away, for the Q80.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kew Gardens Rd/82 Rd Q80
    180 feet
    Q80

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q80 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Kew Gardens Road.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 78 Ave 24 docks in all
    0.4 miles

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. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1960.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Kew Gardens Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Queens County Criminal Building.

  1. Dialogue with the Sun Kinetic sculpture by Susumo Shingu, 1995
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 post offices
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 099 Kew Gardens School
    270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maple Grove Park
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Queens Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,110 feet
  2. Kew Gardens Post Office
    1,120 feet
  3. Borough Hall Post Office
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.