70th Road & Sybilla Street

The four-way crossing of 70th Road and Sybilla Street is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 830 feet away, and Queens Metropolitan High School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/70 Rd, is 720 feet away for the Q23 and Q54, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

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Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/70 Rd, 720 feet away, for the Q23 and Q54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/70 Rd Q23, Q54
    720 feet
    Q23 Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,130 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2023 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 70th Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Road

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sybilla Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sybilla Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School
    1,260 feet
  2. P.S. Q233 School
    1,260 feet
  3. Queens Metropolitan High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    830 feet
  2. Joseph Devoy Playground
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. North Forest Park Library
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.