Lefferts Boulevard & Grenfell Street

Lefferts Boulevard and Grenfell Street meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kew Gardens Post Office is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about ten minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1955, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Lefferts Blvd/83 Av · Q80, QM18
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lefferts Boulevard & Grenfell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.5 miles
    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 Lefferts Blvd/83 Av, 50 feet away, for the Q80 and QM18.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lefferts Blvd/83 Av Q80, QM18 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Q80 QM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q80 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
108 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1927 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grenfell Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lefferts Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Sholom Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Yeshiva R'Tzahd School
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe School
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kew Gardens Post Office
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    40 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grenfell Street or Lefferts Boulevard.

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