Metropolitan Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard

Metropolitan Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,410 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 1,584 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Remsen Family Cemetery is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Woodhaven Blvd/Metropolitan Av, is 100 feet away for the Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS and two more. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
52 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Woodhaven Blvd/Metropolitan Av · Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, BM5 +1
Within a walk
1 place
1 cemetery, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodhaven Blvd/Metropolitan Av, 100 feet away, for the Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, BM5 and QM15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodhaven Blvd/Metropolitan Av Q11, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, BM5 +1
    100 feet
    Q11 Q52 SBS Q53 SBS BM5 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q52 SBS …
  3. Q53 SBS …
  4. BM5 …
  5. QM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

  1. 75-41 Yellowstone Boulevard Gas station
    950 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 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,584 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Woodhaven Boulevard824
Southbound on Woodhaven Boulevard679
Eastbound on Metropolitan Avenue81
Total1,584

In 2025, 2,410 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 74th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 1,235 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Woodhaven Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 9AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 468419.

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
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    530 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Woodhaven Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.