113th Street & 72nd Drive

The three-way junction of 113th Street and 72nd Drive is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Ahavath Sholom is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Queens Blvd/72 Dr · Q60, QM11, QM18
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
113th Street & 72nd Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    960 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, 940 feet away, for the Q60, QM11 and QM18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM11 …
  3. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 580 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1950 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of 113th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School
    1,110 feet
  2. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    830 feet
  2. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    830 feet
  3. Willow Lake Playground
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    610 feet
  2. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 113th 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.