Union Turnpike & Metropolitan Avenue

Union Turnpike and Metropolitan Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2026, 3,721 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Forest Park is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 790 feet away for the Q54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
90 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Metropolitan Av/72 Dr · Q54
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 park feature and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Turnpike & Metropolitan Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 790 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q54
    790 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

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 Metropolitan Avenue, 90 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 3,721 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
City Council district
29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 200 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 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Turnpike

  • No standing 26 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Berkowits School of Electrolysis Trade or language school
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    410 feet
  2. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along J Robinson Parkway, Metropolitan Avenue or Union Turnpike.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.