Metropolitan Avenue & Lefferts Boulevard

Metropolitan Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Yeshiva R'Tzahd is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Metropolitan Av/Lefferts Blvd · Q54
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Lefferts Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Lefferts Blvd, 140 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Lefferts Blvd Q54
    140 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024
  • Turn calming, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 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 1928 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lefferts Boulevard

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Lefferts Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9:30AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 9:30AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421053, 421056 and 422942.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva R'Tzahd School
    320 feet
  2. Sholom Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  3. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe School
    1,110 feet
  2. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    1,200 feet
  3. Shaar Hatorah High School
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lefferts Boulevard or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.