147th Street & 72nd Road
The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 72nd Road is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Kew Gardens Hills Library is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/72 Av, is 780 feet away for the Q20, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/72 Av, 780 feet away, for the Q20.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/72 Av Q20780 feetQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
Cycling
- 19 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 72-31 Main Street Gas station780 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 February 2020.
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
- 67 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, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 147th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 147th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 72nd Road
- Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 72nd Road
- 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, 1976540 feet
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 10 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 library
Schools and child care
- All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5690 feet
- Positive Beginnings Preschool990 feet
- Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,240 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Kew Gardens Hills Library510 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch870 feet
Supermarkets
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 147th Street & 72nd Avenue 260 feet
- 72nd Road & Vleigh Place 480 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Road 520 feet
- 150th Street & 72nd Road 680 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Vleigh Place 680 feet
- 72nd Drive & Vleigh Place 740 feet
- 147th Street & 71st Avenue 780 feet
- Main Street & 72nd Drive 810 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or 72nd Road.