Queens Boulevard & Ascan Avenue

Queens Boulevard and Ascan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 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. In 2025, 1,631 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
630 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & Ascan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    630 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    1,320 feet
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 120 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM18
    120 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 72 Rd 16 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    890 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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

  • Turn calming, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,631 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 109th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 885 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 3,600 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 1938 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side), and as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

North side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ascan Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ascan Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406911, 464141, 464142, 464978 and 466074.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Medieval, and built between 1922 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    440 feet
  2. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    750 feet
  3. The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. American Training Center Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    1,130 feet
  2. Church in the Gardens Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station · landmark
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    680 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 72nd Drive, Ascan Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.