Metropolitan Avenue & 116th Street

Metropolitan Avenue and 116th Street meet at a five-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Overlook in Forest Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Park LN South, is 190 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
970 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Metropolitan Av/Park LN South · Q54
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 116th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Park LN South, 190 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Park LN South Q54
    190 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 970 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
120 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1956.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 116th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 116th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

East side of Audley Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of Audley Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10AM-11:30AM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

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

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9:30AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 459465 and 461215.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Tudor, and built in 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sholom Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Sholom Sholom Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    480 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe School
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    350 feet
  2. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    670 feet
  3. Sobelsohn Park Playground
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ralph Bunche House Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Kent Manor Listed historic place
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 116th Street, Audley Street or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.