Metropolitan Avenue & Forest Park Drive

Metropolitan Avenue and Forest Park Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens, at the edge of Forest Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Overlook in Forest Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Park LN South, is 530 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 day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
100 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Metropolitan Av/Park LN South · Q54
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Forest Park Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Park LN South, 530 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Park LN South Q54
    530 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Forest Park Drive.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 100 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
City Council district
29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens; the corner is on the edge of the Forest Park area
Elevation
112 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2022 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sholom Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Sholom Sholom Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    30 feet
  2. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    40 feet
  3. Sobelsohn Park Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kent Manor Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Ralph Bunche House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Park Drive or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.