170th Street & 71st Avenue
The four-way crossing of 170th Street and 71st Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Young Israel of Hillcrest is 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/164 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q64, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, four of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/164 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q64.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 71 Av/164 St Q640.3 milesQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 182nd Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.7 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.9 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 March 2017.
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
- 61 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K420 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship420 feet
- Congregation Ohr Moshe House of worship810 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 71st Avenue & 171st Street 250 feet
- 169th Street & 71st Avenue 250 feet
- 170th Street & Jewel Avenue 330 feet
- 172nd Street & 71st Avenue 500 feet
- 168th Street & 71st Avenue 500 feet
- 171st Street & Jewel Avenue 560 feet
- 169th Street & Jewel Avenue 580 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 170th Street 730 feet
See every intersection along 170th Street or 71st Avenue.