71st Avenue & Harrow Street
The four-way crossing of 71st Avenue and Harrow Street is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Lukes Episcopal Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- 4 lines at the nearest station
- Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R0.5 milesE F M R
Next trains at this station
Outbound
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Manhattan
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Bus
The nearest bus stop is Kessel St/71 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q23.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kessel St/71 Av Q23810 feetQ23
Next buses at this stop
- Q23 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 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
- Elevation
- 62 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the littleleaf linden.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 71st Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of 71st Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of Harrow Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Harrow Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Angels in the Gardens Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5990 feet
- Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy School1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- St Lukes Episcopal Church Listed historic place990 feet
- Our Lady Mercy RC Church House of worship1,070 feet
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 71st Avenue & Groton Street 260 feet
- 71st Avenue & Ingram Street 260 feet
- Fleet Street & Continental Avenue 520 feet
- 71st Avenue & Juno Street 520 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Harrow Street 670 feet
- 70th Avenue & Harrow Street 670 feet
- 71st Avenue & Kessel Street 780 feet
- Slocum Crescent & Exeter Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Harrow Street.