Queens Boulevard & 70th Road

Queens Boulevard and 70th Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The statue “Gerald MacDonald” is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 71 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
140 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
70 Rd/Queens Blvd · Q23
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 70th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    140 feet
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
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Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 70 Rd/Queens Blvd, 230 feet away, for the Q23.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 70 Rd/Queens Blvd Q23
    230 feet
    Q23

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd S & 71 Ave 28 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    740 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2019.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 between 1940 and 1965.

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
  • 79 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Queens Boulevard (south side).

East side of 70th Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 70th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-1PM 30 MINUTE LIMIT 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400998, 406286, 406329, 406608, 466137 and 467661.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Modern Classical, and built between 1939 and 1940.

  1. Ridgewood Savings Bank Designated landmark
    290 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in MacDonald Park.

  1. Gerald MacDonald Statue by Frederic De Henwood, 1934
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    1,000 feet
  3. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacDonald Park
    30 feet
  2. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    560 feet

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Road or Queens Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.