71st Street & 60th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 71st Street and 60th Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Eliot Av/74 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q14, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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71st Street & 60th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eliot Av/74 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q14, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eliot Av/74 St Q14, QM24, QM25, QM34 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q14 QM24 QM25 QM34
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Eliot Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
104 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 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 60th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 60th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 71st Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy School
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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