46th Avenue & 171st Street
The three-way junction of 46th Avenue and 171st Street is in East Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/171 St, is 220 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/171 St, 220 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 46 Av/171 St Q26, Q27220 feetQ26 Q27
Next buses at this stop
- Q26 …
- Q27 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound at Clearview Expressway & 45th Road, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 172-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 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 November 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11358
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flushing
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 in 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maple.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 170th Street & 46th Avenue 260 feet
- 46th Avenue & 171st Place 260 feet
- 46th Avenue & Auburndale Lane 510 feet
- 169th Street & 46th Avenue 520 feet
- 45th Avenue & 171st Street 720 feet
- 168th Street & 46th Avenue 780 feet
- Auburndale Lane & Ashby Avenue 820 feet
- 172nd Street & 46th Avenue 840 feet
See every intersection along 171st Street or 46th Avenue.