Whitney Avenue & Forley Street

Whitney Avenue and Forley Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Veterans Grove is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Hampton St/Whitney Ave · Q29
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Whitney Avenue & Forley Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Junction Blvd 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Whitney Ave, 600 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Whitney Ave Q29
    600 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Forley Street and Whitney Avenue.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Elmhurst Ave & Forley St 21 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Queens Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,700 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 1939 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Forley Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Forley Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Whitney Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Big Apple Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. St Bartholomew Catholic Academy School
    1,130 feet
  3. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 44-15 Judge Street Pre-K center
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veterans Grove Playground
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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 Forley Street or Whitney Avenue.

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