166th Street & 71st Avenue
The four-way crossing of 166th 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 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/164 St, is 590 feet away for the Q64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/164 St, 590 feet away, for the Q64.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 71 Av/164 St Q64590 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.7 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 January 2015.
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
- 62 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 71st Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 71st Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School910 feet
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K910 feet
- Birch Family Services - Susser School1,130 feet
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- Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool1,150 feet
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Emerald Playground680 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship1,230 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 165th Street & 71st Avenue 250 feet
- 167th Street & 71st Avenue 250 feet
- 166th Street & Jewel Avenue 410 feet
- 168th Street & 71st Avenue 500 feet
- 164th Street & 71st Avenue 530 feet
- 167th Street & Jewel Avenue 640 feet
- 166th Street & 72nd Avenue 650 feet
- 165th Street & Jewel Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along 166th Street or 71st Avenue.