71st Street & Penelope Avenue

The four-way crossing of 71st Street and Penelope Avenue is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Juniper Valley Park is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Juniper Valley Rd/71 St, is 550 feet away for the Q38, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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71st Street & Penelope Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Juniper Valley Rd/71 St, 550 feet away, for the Q38.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Juniper Valley Rd/71 St Q38
    550 feet
    Q38

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q38 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Eliot Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Penelope Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Books & Rattles Preschool
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 128 the Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Juniper Valley Park
    540 feet
  2. Juniper South Playground
    870 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 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.