71st Street & 54th Avenue

The three-way junction of 71st Street and 54th Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The stele “Maspeth Memorial” is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 St/Grand Av, is 600 feet away for the Q58, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 18 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
71 St/Grand Av · Q58
Within a walk
5 places
1 library, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Street & 54th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 71 St/Grand Av, 600 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 St/Grand Av Q58
    600 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
107 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 54th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 71st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405234 and 468006.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Garlinge Triangle.

  1. Maspeth Memorial Stele, 1931
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 73 - the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School
    290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garlinge Triangle
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  2. Maspeth Post Office
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 54th Avenue or 71st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.