Metropolitan Avenue & J Robinson Parkway at Jackie Robinson Parkway

Metropolitan Avenue, J Robinson Parkway and Jackie Robinson Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Overlook in Forest Park is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 1,060 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 four places to eat. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
380 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,060 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 & J Robinson Parkway at Jackie Robinson Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 1,060 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q54
    1,060 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 380 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
City Council district
29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 170 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

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    300 feet
  2. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along J Robinson Parkway, Jackie Robinson Parkway or Metropolitan Avenue.

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