69th Avenue & 71st Crescent

The three-way junction of 69th Avenue and 71st Crescent (east) is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 026 Rufus King is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/69 Av, is 1,250 feet away for the Q17, Q45, Q88 and five more, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Map

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69th Avenue & 71st Crescent Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 188 St/69 Av, 1,250 feet away, for the Q17, Q45, Q88, QM1 and four more.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 188 St/69 Av Q17, Q45, Q88, QM1 +4
    1,250 feet
    Q17 Q45 Q88 QM1 QM5 QM7 QM8 QM31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q45 …
  3. Q88 …
  4. QM1 …
  5. QM5 …
  6. QM7 …
  7. QM8 …
  8. QM31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at 73rd Avenue & Hollis Hills Terrace, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184-17 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.2 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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 January 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
23
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fresh Meadows-Utopia
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1949 and 1950.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2014, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 69th Avenue

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 026 Rufus King School
    670 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Farm Playground
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket
    610 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center
    0.5 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 corners on foot, six of them 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.