71st Avenue & 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 71st Avenue and 60th Street is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Herman Hochberg Plaza is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Myrtle Av/Forest Av · Q55
Within a walk
11 places
5 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Avenue & 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 370 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Forest Av Q55
    370 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 96 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 455677 and 461794.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 350 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Street or 71st Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.