71st Avenue & Vleigh Place
The four-way crossing of 71st Avenue and Vleigh Place is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Yeshiva of Central Queens is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 790 feet away for the Q20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q20.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q20790 feetQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 December 2012.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 16 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 71st Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 71st Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
East side of Vleigh Place
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of Vleigh Place
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 1 library
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Positive Beginnings Preschool390 feet
- Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K470 feet
- Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun School610 feet
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- Yeshiva of Central Queens School890 feet
- All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,020 feet
- P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum School1,130 feet
- Judi`s Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Vleigh Playground1,190 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Kew Gardens Hills Library920 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch730 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket0.4 miles
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 70th Road & Vleigh Place 170 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Avenue 250 feet
- 71st Road & Vleigh Place 280 feet
- Main Street & 71st Avenue 330 feet
- 147th Street & 70th Road 390 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Road 510 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Vleigh Place 540 feet
- Main Street & 70th Road 590 feet
See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Vleigh Place.