71st Avenue & Continental Avenue

The three-way junction of 71st Avenue and Continental Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 81 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Queens Blvd/71 Av · Q60
Within a walk
13 places
3 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Avenue & Continental Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    620 feet
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/71 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/71 Av Q60 · Shelter
    680 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1,030 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 September 2020.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 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 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm, 7pm to 10pm, 3 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 10pm on 71st Avenue (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463377 and 463412.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    890 feet
  2. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    750 feet
  2. MacDonald Park
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    30 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    820 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    910 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Continental Avenue.

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