47th Avenue & 70th Street
The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 70th Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Tiegerman School at Woodside is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/45 Av, is 460 feet away for the Q60, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/45 Av, 460 feet away, for the Q60.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/45 Av Q60460 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 all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.
- 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers990 feet
- 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
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)
- Woodside
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 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 2013 and 2021.
Since 2014 at least 277 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 47th Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 47th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of 70th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 70th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 public space
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 437 Pre-K170 feet
- Tiegerman School at Woodside School290 feet
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 70-20 47th Avenue Pre-K center290 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at 69-02 Queens Boulevard Public space770 feet
Houses of worship
- Jehovahs Witnesses Sunnyside Congregation House of worship960 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 48th Avenue & 70th Street 260 feet
- Queens Boulevard & 70th Street 340 feet
- 45th Avenue & 70th Street 470 feet
- 47th Avenue & 69th Street 500 feet
- 47th Avenue & 72nd Street 510 feet
- 70th Street & 49th Avenue 520 feet
- 70th Street & Garfield Avenue 740 feet
- 48th Avenue & 69th Street 750 feet
See every intersection along 47th Avenue or 70th Street.