112th Street & 70th Avenue

The three-way junction of 112th Street and 70th Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Church of Christ Forest Hills is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Jewel Av/112 St · Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
112th Street & 70th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/112 St, 310 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jewel Av/112 St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44
    310 feet
    Q64 Q74 QM4 QM44

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …
  2. Q74 …
  3. QM4 …
  4. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 70 Rd & 112 St 19 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 1,210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 110-34 Colonial Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 112th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Bnos Malka Academy School
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake Playground
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Fairview Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ Forest Hills House of worship
    150 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 112th Street or 70th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.