Main Street & 71st Avenue

Main Street and 71st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 460 feet away for the Q20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Main St/72 Av · Q20
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 460 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/72 Av Q20
    460 feet
    Q20

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Park Drive East, 0.8 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
    1.6 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Main Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Main Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun School
    280 feet
  3. Positive Beginnings Preschool
    310 feet
Show all 5
  1. All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    900 feet
  2. Yeshiva of Central Queens School
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Library
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzchak House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Seasons Express Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Avenue 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.