165th Street & 71st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 165th Street and 71st Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Emerald Playground is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/164 St, is 340 feet away for the Q64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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165th Street & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/164 St, 340 feet away, for the Q64.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 Av/164 St Q64
    340 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

No 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
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

South side of 71st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 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
    660 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool
    920 feet
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  1. Acorn Adventure Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Emerald Playground
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 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, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.