Walnut Street & 70th Drive
Walnut Street and 70th Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Park is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/71 Av, is 1,050 feet away for the Q54, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and eight places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/71 Av, 1,050 feet away, for the Q54.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/71 Av Q541,050 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station1,220 feet
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,150 feet
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
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
- 82 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two 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 is the cherry plum.
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 Park290 feet
- Joseph Devoy Playground640 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch1,170 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- Sybilla Street & 70th Drive 280 feet
- 71st Avenue & Walnut Street 370 feet
- 71st Avenue & Sybilla Street 450 feet
- 70th Road & Sybilla Street 540 feet
- Union Turnpike & 71st Avenue 560 feet
- 70th Avenue & Sybilla Street 800 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & 70th Drive 960 feet
- 69th Road & Sybilla Street 1,060 feet
See every intersection along 70th Drive or Walnut Street.