164th Street & 71st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 164th Street and 71st Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,393 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Emerald Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/164 St, is 50 feet away for the Q64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
71 Av/164 St · Q64
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
164th Street & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/164 St, 50 feet away, for the Q64.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 Av/164 St Q64
    50 feet
    Q64

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    2 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,393 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 589th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 623 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 164th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 164th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 71st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO US MAIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School
    370 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K
    370 feet
  3. Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Acorn Adventure Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Emerald Playground
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 164th Street or 71st Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.