Metropolitan Avenue & 123rd Street

Metropolitan Avenue and 123rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Tiferes Torah Institute is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Metropolitan Av/124 St · Q54
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/124 St, 450 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/124 St Q54
    450 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 123rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of 123rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    440 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    800 feet
  3. Yeshiva R'Tzahd School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Sholom Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 123rd Street or Metropolitan Avenue.

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