147th Street & 72nd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 72nd Avenue is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Yeshiva of Central Queens is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 670 feet away for the Q20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 670 feet away, for the Q20.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q20670 feetQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station1,040 feet
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.8 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 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 July 2019.
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
- 64 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 147th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 147th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Haym Solomon Memorial.
- Haym Salomon Stele, 1976620 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 9 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 library
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Positive Beginnings Preschool730 feet
- All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5900 feet
- Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K980 feet
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- Yeshiva of Central Queens School1,280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Kew Gardens Hills Library770 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch610 feet
Supermarkets
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 147th Street & 71st Road 260 feet
- 147th Street & 72nd Road 260 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Vleigh Place 420 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Avenue 520 feet
- Main Street & 72nd Avenue 600 feet
- 71st Road & Vleigh Place 610 feet
- 150th Street & 72nd Avenue 680 feet
- 72nd Road & Vleigh Place 690 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or 72nd Avenue.