Metropolitan Avenue & Ascan Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue and Ascan Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner is also named Thomas X. Winberry Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 40 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 18 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 40 feet away, for the Q54.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q5440 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 900 feet by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more 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 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2015
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 112
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Thomas X. Winberry Way, a co-naming enacted on March 7, 2012 (Local Law 14 of 2012).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 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 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Thomas X. Winberry Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 21 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Ascan Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Ascan Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Metropolitan Avenue
- Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 463677.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Berkowits School of Electrolysis Trade or language school270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park770 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and three 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Metropolitan Avenue & 72nd Drive 80 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 74th Avenue 180 feet
- Ascan Avenue & Manse Street 290 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 72nd Road 340 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 75th Avenue 540 feet
- Ascan Avenue & Loubet Street 550 feet
- Union Turnpike & 72nd Drive 600 feet
- 72nd Road & Manse Street 630 feet
See every intersection along Ascan Avenue or Metropolitan Avenue.