Metropolitan Avenue & Trotting Course Lane

Metropolitan Avenue and Trotting Course Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Remsen Family Cemetery is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Alderton St, is 120 feet away for the Q54, QM12 and QM42, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 15 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Metropolitan Av/Alderton St · Q54, QM12, QM42
Within a walk
1 place
1 cemetery, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Trotting Course Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Alderton St, 120 feet away, for the Q54, QM12 and QM42.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/Alderton St Q54, QM12, QM42
    120 feet
    Q54 QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …
  2. QM12 …
  3. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75-41 Yellowstone Boulevard Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024
  • Turn calming, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Metropolitan Avenue (north side).

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Trotting Course Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 462756.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 cemetery

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Remsen Family Cemetery
    160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and five 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Trotting Course Lane.

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.