Whitson Street & Puritan Avenue
Whitson Street and Puritan Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 0.3 miles away for the Q54, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 0.3 miles away, for the Q54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q540.3 milesQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2014.
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
- 85 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Ingram Street & Puritan Avenue 240 feet
- 75th Road & Kessel Street 260 feet
- Whitson Street & Norden Road 350 feet
- Greenway South & Puritan Avenue 460 feet
- 75th Avenue & Kessel Street 480 feet
- Greenway South & Norden Road 600 feet
- Kessel Street & Whitson Street 650 feet
- Ascan Avenue & Whitson Street 670 feet
See every intersection along Puritan Avenue or Whitson Street.