70th Avenue & 137th Street
The three-way junction of 70th Avenue and 137th Street is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Congregation Ohel Yitzchak is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/136 St, is 520 feet away for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/136 St, 520 feet away, for the Q64, Q74, QM4 and QM44.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/136 St Q64, Q74, QM4, QM44 · Shelter520 feetQ64 Q74 QM4 QM44
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
- Q74 …
- QM4 …
- QM44 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2 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 March 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 58 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 137th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Congregation Ohel Yitzchok Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5170 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Ohel Yitzchak House of worship680 feet
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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 137th Street & 70th Road 270 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 137th Street 300 feet
- 136th Street & 70th Road 530 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 136th Street 560 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 138th Street 590 feet
- 136th Street & 71st Road 960 feet
- 141st Street & 70th Avenue 1,010 feet
- 141st Street & 70th Road 1,170 feet
See every intersection along 137th Street or 70th Avenue.