71st Avenue & Fresh Pond Road

The four-way crossing of 71st Avenue and Fresh Pond Road is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage stands 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Myrtle Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Avenue & Fresh Pond Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/Myrtle Av, 290 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Myrtle Av B13, B20
    290 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Fresh Pond Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & 69 Ave 28 docks in all
    490 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. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 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 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 71st Avenue

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

East side of Fresh Pond Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 454680 and 455029.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 212 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  2. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Fresh Pond Road.

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