71st Street & Grand Avenue

The four-way crossing of 71st Street and Grand Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Maspeth Memorial” is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/71 St, is 40 feet away for the Q58 and Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them parks, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Grand Av/71 St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
8 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Street & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/71 St, 40 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/71 St Q58, Q59
    40 feet
    Q58 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Remsen Pl 21 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016

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
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 71st Street

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

West side of 71st Street

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

North side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405234, 464431, 467883 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
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 73 - the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garlinge Triangle
    470 feet
  2. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    300 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Street or Grand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.