Queens Boulevard & 71st Avenue

Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,519 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. MacDonald Park is 380 feet away, and Forest Hills Jewish Center is 960 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 11 public places, two of them religious buildings, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
120 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Queens Blvd/71 Av · Q60
Within a walk
11 places
2 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    120 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 …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/71 Av, 120 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/71 Av Q60 · Shelter
    120 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,519 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 81st most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,094 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Queens Boulevard1,969791
Eastbound on Queens Boulevard550303
Total2,5191,094

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 71st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-1PM 30 MINUTE LIMIT

South side of 71st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 71st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM 7PM-10PM SATURDAY 9AM-10PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400996 and 467218.

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
    200 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
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest Hills Library
    450 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Queens Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.