45th Avenue & 70th Street
The three-way junction of 45th Avenue and 70th Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Tiegerman School at Woodside is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/45 Av, is 60 feet away for the Q60, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/45 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q60.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/45 Av Q6060 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- 69 St & 43 Ave 19 docks in all1,060 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 770 feet by car along the streets.
- 60-11 Queens Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11377
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26
- Police precinct
- 108
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Elmhurst
- Elevation
- 43 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Since 2014 at least 167 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 public space
Schools and child care
- P.S. 437 Pre-K500 feet
- Tiegerman School at Woodside School750 feet
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 70-20 47th Avenue Pre-K center750 feet
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- Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,100 feet
- P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School1,210 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at 69-02 Queens Boulevard Public space480 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five food stores.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Queens Boulevard & 70th Street 120 feet
- 47th Avenue & 70th Street 470 feet
- Queens Boulevard & 69th Street 480 feet
- 45th Avenue & 72nd Street 510 feet
- 69th Street & 44th Avenue 710 feet
- 48th Avenue & 70th Street 730 feet
- 72nd Street & 44th Avenue 790 feet
- 47th Avenue & 72nd Street 910 feet
See every intersection along 45th Avenue or 70th Street.