Union Turnpike & Park Lane

Union Turnpike and Park Lane meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Overlook in Forest Park is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about six minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
3 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Union Tpke/Grenfell St · Q37
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Turnpike & Park Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grenfell St, 440 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grenfell St Q37
    440 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 Ave & Queens Blvd S 29 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
127 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Park Lane

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Turnpike

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Forest Park.

  1. Job Sculpture by Natan J. Rapoport, 1987
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kew Forest School
    1,170 feet
  2. Beth Gavriel DCC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Overlook in Forest Park Park feature
    120 feet
  2. Forest Park
    210 feet
  3. Sobelsohn Park Playground
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Lane or Union Turnpike.

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