71st Road & Bow Street

The four-way crossing of 71st Road and Bow Street 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 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and nine places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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71st Road & Bow Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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Manhattan
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Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/71 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/71 Av Q60 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

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
    0.7 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway spruce.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 101 School in the Gardens School
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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