70th Avenue & Kessel Street
The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and Kessel Street is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady Mercy RC Church is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kessel St/71 Av, is 640 feet away for the Q23, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kessel St/71 Av, 640 feet away, for the Q23.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kessel St/71 Av Q23640 feetQ23
Next buses at this stop
- Q23 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 112
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills
- Elevation
- 46 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 37 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Kessel Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Kessel Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy School360 feet
- P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen School780 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Mercy RC Church House of worship180 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 70th Avenue & Juno Street 260 feet
- 70th Avenue & Loubet Street 260 feet
- 70th Avenue & Ingram Street 520 feet
- 70th Avenue & Manse Street 520 feet
- 69th Avenue & Kessel Street 660 feet
- 71st Avenue & Kessel Street 670 feet
- 70th Avenue & Nansen Street 780 feet
- 70th Avenue & Harrow Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 70th Avenue or Kessel Street.