Puritan Avenue & Shorthill Road
Puritan Avenue and Shorthill Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Church in the Gardens is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Grenfell St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q37, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q37.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q370.4 milesQ37
Next buses at this stop
- Q37 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 112
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills
- Elevation
- 82 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1920 and 1935.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Church in the Gardens Community House Preschool, ages 2 to 51,100 feet
Houses of worship
- Church in the Gardens Listed historic place1,250 feet
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 signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Puritan Avenue & Seasongood Road 220 feet
- Shorthill Road & Goodwood Road 230 feet
- Greenway North & Puritan Avenue 430 feet
- Seasongood Road & Summer Street 450 feet
- Greenway South & Puritan Avenue 470 feet
- Greenway North & Goodwood Road 500 feet
- Greenway North & Overhill Road 610 feet
- Seasongood Road & Ivy Close 620 feet
See every intersection along Puritan Avenue or Shorthill Road.