70th Street & 52nd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 70th Street and 52nd Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Calamus Av/71 St, is 640 feet away for the Q47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Calamus Av/71 St, 640 feet away, for the Q47.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Calamus Av/71 St Q47640 feetQ47
Next buses at this stop
- Q47 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Tyler Ave & Maurice Ave 19 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.6 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 November 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 70th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Denizko Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K990 feet
- P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan School1,220 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 71st Street & 52nd Avenue 250 feet
- 52nd Avenue & 69th Place 260 feet
- 70th Street & Calamus Avenue 440 feet
- 52nd Avenue & Old Lane 490 feet
- 70th Street & 52nd Drive 490 feet
- 69th Street & 52nd Avenue 520 feet
- 72nd Street & 52nd Avenue 540 feet
- 71st Street & Calamus Avenue 580 feet
See every intersection along 52nd Avenue or 70th Street.