71st Road & Vleigh Place
The three-way junction of 71st Road and Vleigh Place is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Haym Salomon” is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 510 feet away for the Q20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 510 feet away, for the Q20.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q20510 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 station0.3 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
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
- 66 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 71st Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 71st Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
East side of Vleigh Place
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Haym Solomon Memorial.
- Haym Salomon Stele, 1976610 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 9 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 library
Schools and child care
- Positive Beginnings Preschool120 feet
- All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5740 feet
- Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K750 feet
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- Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun School890 feet
- Yeshiva of Central Queens School1,170 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Kew Gardens Hills Library640 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch460 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket0.5 miles
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.5 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 72nd Avenue & Vleigh Place 270 feet
- 71st Avenue & Vleigh Place 280 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Road 350 feet
- Main Street & 72nd Avenue 450 feet
- 70th Road & Vleigh Place 450 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Avenue 530 feet
- 72nd Road & Vleigh Place 540 feet
- 147th Street & 72nd Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along 71st Road or Vleigh Place.