Main Street & 70th Road

Main Street and 70th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Ohel Yitzchak is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Jewel Av, is 520 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Main St/Jewel Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 70th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/Jewel Av, 520 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/Jewel Av Q20, Q44 SBS
    520 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 67-24 Main Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 70th Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Main Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Main Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun School
    380 feet
  2. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. Positive Beginnings Preschool
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshiva of Central Queens School
    1,080 feet
  2. All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzchak House of worship
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Seasons Express Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Road or Main Street.

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