Metropolitan Avenue & Arnold Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue and Arnold Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grover Cleveland High School is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Andrews Av, is 400 feet away for the Q54, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 14 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Andrews Av, 400 feet away, for the Q54.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/Andrews Av Q54400 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Amory Ct & Metropolitan Ave 21 docks in all330 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1915 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Arnold Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of Metropolitan Avenue
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 fire station
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- A.C.E. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus School840 feet
- Grover Cleveland High School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Grover Cleveland Playground700 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 291/Ladder 140 Fire station1,180 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,210 feet
Supermarkets
- CTown Supermarket0.3 miles
- City Fresh Market Supermarket0.5 miles
- Western Beef Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 54th Street & Arnold Avenue 40 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Rene Court 150 feet
- 54th Place & Arnold Avenue 290 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Amory Court 300 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Andrews Avenue 520 feet
- 55th Street & Arnold Avenue 540 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Tonsor Street 550 feet
- Grandview Avenue & Rene Court 580 feet
See every intersection along Arnold Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.