37th Avenue & 71st Street

The three-way junction of 37th Avenue and 71st Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Pigeon Paradise is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 65 St, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 66 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
65 St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
74 St/37 Av · Q47, Q49
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 nursing home or hospice and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 65 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 St M, R
    910 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    1,010 feet
    7 E F M R
  2. 69 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/37 Av, 850 feet away, for the Q47 and Q49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/37 Av Q47, Q49 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    850 feet
    Q47 Q49
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 St & 37 Ave 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 1,140 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    340 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2025 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 37th Avenue (south side).

North side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 71st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 468372.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pigeon Paradise Park
    540 feet
  2. General Hart Playground
    670 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 71st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.