51st Avenue & 71st Street
The four-way crossing of 51st Avenue and 71st Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 212 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Long Island Mews is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Calamus Av/71 St, is 450 feet away for the Q47, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Calamus Av/71 St, 450 feet away, for the Q47.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Calamus Av/71 St Q47450 feetQ47
Next buses at this stop
- Q47 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Tyler Ave & Maurice Ave 19 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers500 feet
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 212 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,610th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 93 more were issued.
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
- 25 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 between 1940 and 1960.
Trees
Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of 51st Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Denizko Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K950 feet
- P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan School1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Long Island Mews Park680 feet
- Long Island Mews Playground930 feet
Shopping centers
- Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 51st Avenue & 72nd Street 260 feet
- 51st Avenue & 70th Street 280 feet
- 71st Street & Calamus Avenue 430 feet
- 51st Avenue & 72nd Place at 51st Road 520 feet
- 51st Avenue & 69th Place 530 feet
- 51st Avenue & 72nd Place 530 feet
- 70th Street & Calamus Avenue 570 feet
- 51st Avenue & 51st Road 650 feet
See every intersection along 51st Avenue or 71st Street.