71st Avenue & Walnut Street
The four-way crossing of 71st Avenue and Walnut Street is in Forest Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Forest Park is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/Metropolitan Av, is 750 feet away for the Q23, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/Metropolitan Av, 750 feet away, for the Q23.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 71 Av/Metropolitan Av Q23750 feetQ23
Next buses at this stop
- Q23 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station1,290 feet
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,000 feet
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.1 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 June 2017.
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
- 78 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1925 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 71st Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park260 feet
- Joseph Devoy Playground280 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch810 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 71st Avenue & Sybilla Street 90 feet
- Union Turnpike & 71st Avenue 200 feet
- Sybilla Street & 70th Drive 350 feet
- Walnut Street & 70th Drive 370 feet
- 70th Road & Sybilla Street 610 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 71st Avenue 770 feet
- 71st Avenue & Olcott Street 880 feet
- 70th Avenue & Sybilla Street 880 feet
See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Walnut Street.