Main Street & Melbourne Avenue
Main Street and Melbourne Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. CUNY School of Law is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Melbourne Av, is 30 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/Melbourne Av, 30 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Melbourne Av Q20, Q44 SBS30 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station450 feet
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 5 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 September 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 75 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 23 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Main Street
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 7:30AM-8AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Melbourne Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Melbourne Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 429694.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 college
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- CUNY School of Law College1,270 feet
- Townsend Harris High School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cedar Grove Playground790 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket510 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Main Street & 68th Avenue 280 feet
- Main Street & Gravett Road 380 feet
- Main Street & 68th Drive 790 feet
- 147th Street & Melbourne Avenue 840 feet
- 149th Street & Melbourne Avenue 990 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Avenue 1,050 feet
- 141st Street & 68th Drive 1,170 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Road 1,230 feet
See every intersection along Main Street or Melbourne Avenue.