112th Street & 72nd Drive

The four-way crossing of 112th Street and 72nd Drive is in Forest Hills, Queens, and is also named Walter Becker Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Engine 305/Ladder 151 firehouse is 820 feet away, and First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Queens Blvd/72 Dr · Q60, QM11, QM18
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
112th Street & 72nd Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    580 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/72 Dr, 550 feet away, for the Q60, QM11 and QM18.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/72 Dr Q60, QM11, QM18 · Shelter
    550 feet
    Q60 QM11 QM18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM11 …
  3. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 Rd & 113 St 12 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 950 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    300 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
70 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Walter Becker Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,400 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 1941 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Walter Becker Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 112th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 112th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Medieval, and built between 1922 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bnos Malka Academy School
    1,190 feet
  2. P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake Playground
    1,010 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    1,210 feet
  3. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    910 feet
  3. First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station · landmark
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 112th Street or 72nd Drive.

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