147th Street & 70th Road
The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 70th Road is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/Main St, is 1,040 feet away for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/Main St, 1,040 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/Main St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM441,040 feetQ64 Q74 QM4 QM44
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
- Q74 …
- QM4 …
- QM44 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
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 April 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 147th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 147th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 70th Road
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 70th Road
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva of Central Queens School500 feet
- Positive Beginnings Preschool790 feet
- Judi`s Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K860 feet
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- Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K870 feet
- Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun School960 feet
- P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum School990 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Vleigh Playground1,050 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket0.4 miles
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 70th Road & Vleigh Place 220 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Avenue 260 feet
- 147th Street & 70th Avenue 260 feet
- 71st Avenue & Vleigh Place 390 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Road 520 feet
- 147th Street & Jewel Avenue 530 feet
- Main Street & 70th Road 590 feet
- 71st Road & Vleigh Place 670 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or 70th Road.