Metropolitan Avenue & 73rd Place

Metropolitan Avenue and 73rd Place meet at a four-way crossing in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Middle Village Library is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/73 Pl, is 110 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Metropolitan Av/73 Pl · Q54
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 73rd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/73 Pl, 110 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/73 Pl Q54
    110 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022
  • Turn calming, September 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11379
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Middle Village
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 800 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese tree lilac and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 73rd Place

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

West side of 73rd Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404539, 462828, 463759 and 466769.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Positive Beginnings - Flushing School
    120 feet
  2. Positive Beginnings - Middle Village School
    160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middle Village Veterans Triangle
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Middle Village Library
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Churchf Middle Village & Forest Hills House of worship
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,020 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 73rd Place or Metropolitan Avenue.

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