Cooper Avenue & 71st Place

Cooper Avenue and 71st Place meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/71 Pl, is 210 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Cooper Avenue & 71st Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/71 Pl, 210 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/71 Pl Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    210 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Cooper Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
32
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    490 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Glendale Library
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    660 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 11 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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