Shea Road & Olmsted Drive

Shea Road and Olmsted Drive meet at a three-way junction in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Mets-Willets Point, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Mets-Willets Point
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.4 miles
Roosevelt Av/Willets Point Blvd Station · T321
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 stadium or arena, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shea Road & Olmsted Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Mets-Willets Point, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Mets-Willets Point 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/Willets Point Blvd Station, 0.4 miles away, for the T321.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Willets Point Blvd Station T321
    0.4 miles
    T321

Next buses at this stop

  1. T321 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 114 St & 39 Ave 30 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Unnamed Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 112-44 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 109-5 Marina Road Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 138 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 stadium or arena

This corner stands inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    surrounds this corner

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Stadium or arena
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Olmsted Drive or Shea Road.

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