136th Street & 73rd Terrace
The three-way junction of 136th Street and 73rd Terrace is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q20.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q200.4 milesQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the arborvitae.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 136th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 73rd Terrace
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 73rd Terrace
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 164 Queens Valley School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park320 feet
- Albert H. Mauro Playground350 feet
- Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature610 feet
Show all 4
- Queens Valley Playground1,000 feet
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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Park Drive East & 73rd Terrace 270 feet
- Van Wyck Expressway & 73rd Terrace Pedestrian Overpass 570 feet
- 137th Street & 72nd Road 730 feet
- 139th Street & 72nd Road 970 feet
- 76th Road & 137th Street 970 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Park Drive East 1,000 feet
- 72nd Avenue & 136th Street 1,150 feet
- 76th Avenue & 137th Street 1,210 feet
See every intersection along 136th Street or 73rd Terrace.