Main Street & 61st Road
Main Street and 61st Road meet at a three-way junction in Queensboro Hill, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. John Bowne High School is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Main St, is 270 feet away for the Q88, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Main St, 270 feet away, for the Q88.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Main St Q88270 feetQ88
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 730 feet by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 107 and 109 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 61st Road
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Main Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- John Bowne High School1,250 feet
- B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Turtle Playground580 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Queensboro Hill Library630 feet
Supermarkets
- Yong Fa Supermarket Supermarket740 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and three 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Horace Harding Expressway & Main Street at 61st Road 110 feet
- Main Street & 62nd Avenue 150 feet
- Long Island Expressway & Main Street 290 feet
- 146th Street & 61st Road 370 feet
- Main Street & 62nd Road 400 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Main Street 440 feet
- Main Street & 142nd Street 470 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 61st Road 480 feet
See every intersection along 61st Road or Main Street.