71st Avenue & 252nd Street
The three-way junction of 71st Avenue and 252nd Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Castlewood Playground is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/252 St, is 270 feet away for the Q36, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/252 St, 270 feet away, for the Q36.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/252 St Q36270 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station1 mile
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11426
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 163 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 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 1948 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 71st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 swimming pool
Schools and child care
- P.S. 186 Castlewood School1,110 feet
- P.S. Q224 School1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Castlewood Playground960 feet
Community centers and public services
- Castlewood Playground Pool Swimming pool1,120 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Little Neck Parkway & 260th Street 260 feet
- 252nd Street & 71st Road 450 feet
- 260th Street & Langston Avenue 810 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 72nd Avenue 900 feet
- 72nd Avenue & 252nd Street 940 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 73rd Road 1,300 feet
- 261st Street & Langston Avenue 0.3 miles
- 73rd Avenue & 260th Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along 252nd Street or 71st Avenue.