71st Street & 62nd Drive
The three-way junction of 71st Street and 62nd Drive is in Middle Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Juniper Valley Park is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Juniper Valley Rd/71 St, is 1,320 feet away for the Q38, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 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 Juniper Valley Rd/71 St, 1,320 feet away, for the Q38.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Juniper Valley Rd/71 St Q381,320 feetQ38
Next buses at this stop
- Q38 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Eliot Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.9 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 January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11379
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Middle Village
- Elevation
- 102 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 156 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Books & Rattles Preschool1,090 feet
- The Learning Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Juniper Valley Park30 feet
- Juniper South Playground640 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- 71st Street & Juniper Boulevard South 270 feet
- 71st Street & Lutheran Avenue 320 feet
- 70th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 520 feet
- 72nd Street & Juniper Boulevard South 530 feet
- 71st Street & Penelope Avenue 770 feet
- Juniper Boulevard South & 69th Lane 770 feet
- 74th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 790 feet
- 70th Street & Penelope Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along 62nd Drive or 71st Street.