Metropolitan Avenue & 60th Place

Metropolitan Avenue and 60th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 291/Ladder 140 firehouse is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Forest Av, is 520 feet away for the Q14, Q39 and Q54, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Metropolitan Av/Forest Av · Q14, Q39, Q54
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 60th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Forest Av, 520 feet away, for the Q14, Q39 and Q54.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Forest Av Q14, Q39, Q54
    520 feet
    Q14 Q39 Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …
  3. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eliot Ave & 60 Ln 22 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of 60th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 60th Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame Catholic Academy School
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 071 Forest School
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 291/Ladder 140 Fire station
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Place or Metropolitan Avenue.

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