Kissena Boulevard & 70th Road

Kissena Boulevard and 70th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Yeshiva of Central Queens is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av, is 470 feet away for the Q25, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av · Q25
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Kissena Boulevard & 70th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av, 470 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av Q25
    470 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1952.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 70th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 70th Road

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-4PM

West side of Kissena Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 447116.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ivy International USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum School
    930 feet
  3. Judi`s Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva of Central Queens School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Vleigh Playground
    230 feet
  2. Legacy Park
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Road or Kissena Boulevard.

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