69th Street & 70th Street

The three-way junction of 69th Street and 70th Street (north-west) is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 65 St, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
65 St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
74 St/37 Av · Q47, Q49
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
69th Street & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 65 St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 St M, R
    1,060 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/37 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q47 and Q49.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/37 Av Q47, Q49 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    0.3 miles
    Q47 Q49
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …
  2. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 St & 35 Ave 25 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 440 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday 10am to 5pm on 69th Street (west side).

East side of 69th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 466574.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Hector Figueroa School
    1,270 feet
  2. P.S. 398 Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pigeon Paradise Park
    810 feet
  2. General Hart Playground
    940 feet

Health care

  1. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Street or 70th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.