The zone was described by Arriva London in 2011 as a major hotspot for traffic congestion,[1] with approximately 94,000 vehicles traversing the junction daily.

[2] The local road leads to Finchley Church End northbound and to Temple Fortune and Golders Green southbound.

Bus 102, which runs from Brent Cross Shopping Centre to Edmonton Green station takes the multi-lane east–west axis.

[5][6] It was designed as a dual carriageway junction, but due to the urban sprawl of London already surrounding it, meant that by the 1950s it had a 30 mph speed limit, traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.

"[2] In October, Britain's first hands-free pedestrian crossing was installed at the junction, so that the local Jewish community did not have to use electricity or operate machinery on the Sabbath.