Union Turnpike & 71st Avenue
Union Turnpike and 71st Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens, at the edge of Forest Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph Devoy Playground is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Crescent Apartments, is 940 feet away for the Q23, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 16 places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Crescent Apartments, 940 feet away, for the Q23.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Crescent Apartments Q23940 feetQ23
Next buses at this stop
- Q23 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,190 feet
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 102 and 112 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills; the corner is on the edge of the Forest Park area
- Elevation
- 72 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the flowering dogwood and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 71st Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Union Turnpike
- No standing 15 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park70 feet
- Joseph Devoy Playground90 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch1,010 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 71st Avenue & Walnut Street 200 feet
- 71st Avenue & Sybilla Street 280 feet
- Sybilla Street & 70th Drive 550 feet
- Walnut Street & 70th Drive 560 feet
- Union Turnpike & 72nd Avenue 730 feet
- 70th Road & Sybilla Street 810 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 71st Avenue 970 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 71st Road 1,000 feet
See every intersection along 71st Avenue or Union Turnpike.