39th Avenue & 171st Street

The three-way junction of 39th Avenue and 171st Street is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Crocheron Av/Utopia Pkwy, is 1,020 feet away for the Q28, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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39th Avenue & 171st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crocheron Av/Utopia Pkwy, 1,020 feet away, for the Q28.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crocheron Av/Utopia Pkwy Q28
    1,020 feet
    Q28

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q28 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 172-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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 November 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 171st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 171st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 39th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.