Parsons Boulevard & 71st Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 71st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Roof Sculpture for 107th Police Precinct” is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 290 feet away for the Q64, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
71 Av/Parsons Blvd · Q64
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/Parsons Blvd, 290 feet away, for the Q64.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 Av/Parsons Blvd Q64
    290 feet
    Q64

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 8 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    2 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 86 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 71st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO US MAIL MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Back-in parking only 8 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 71st Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-4PM ALL DAYS
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York Police Department - 107th Precinct.

  1. Roof Sculpture for 107th Police Precinct Sculpture by Alice Aycock, 1992
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  2. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Ivy International USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Legacy Park
    370 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pomonok Library
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pomonok Post Office
    180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 107th Precinct Police station
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

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