Metropolitan Avenue & 75th Road

Metropolitan Avenue and 75th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 760 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
110 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Metropolitan Av/72 Dr · Q54
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 park feature and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 75th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 760 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q54
    760 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 75th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 75th Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Turnpike

  • No standing 26 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Berkowits School of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    440 feet
  2. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 75th Road 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.