112th Street & 72nd Road

The four-way crossing of 112th Street and 72nd Road is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Reform Temple of Forest Hills is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Queens Blvd/72 Dr · Q60, QM11, QM18
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    840 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
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/72 Dr, 810 feet away, for the Q60, QM11 and QM18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM11 …
  3. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 700 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes 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
68 feet above sea level

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 1948 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 112th Street

  • No parking 4 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 Road

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Road

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 7AM-3PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Bnos Malka Academy School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  3. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake Playground
    750 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    950 feet
  3. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    650 feet
  2. First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills House of worship
    900 feet
  3. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of Christ Forest Hills House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.