Metropolitan Avenue & 75th Street

Metropolitan Avenue and 75th Street meet at a three-way junction in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Community United Methodist Churchf Middle Village & Forest Hills is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/74 St, is 290 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Metropolitan Av/74 St · Q54
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 75th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/74 St, 290 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/74 St Q54
    290 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 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, 1.2 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in 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
121 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Metropolitan Avenue (north side).

East side of 75th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 75th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463758, 464037, 466584 and 466585.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Positive Beginnings - Flushing School
    580 feet
  2. Positive Beginnings - Middle Village School
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middle Village Veterans Triangle
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Middle Village Library
    910 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 319 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    560 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 14 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 75th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.