139th Street & 72nd Road
The three-way junction of 139th Street and 72nd Road is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 1,270 feet away for the Q20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 1,270 feet away, for the Q20.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q201,270 feetQ20
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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2016.
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
- 58 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 in 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 139th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 139th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 72nd Road
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park1,300 feet
- Queens Valley Playground1,310 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 137th Street & 72nd Road 240 feet
- 141st Street & 72nd Road 270 feet
- 141st Street & 72nd Drive 520 feet
- 141st Street & 72nd Avenue 530 feet
- 139th Street & 73rd Terrace 540 feet
- 141st Street & 73rd Terrace 720 feet
- 137th Street & 73rd Terrace 740 feet
- 141st Street & 71st Road 790 feet
See every intersection along 139th Street or 72nd Road.