153rd Street & 72nd Drive
The three-way junction of 153rd Street and 72nd Drive is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Vleigh Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av, is 540 feet away for the Q25, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av, 540 feet away, for the Q25.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av Q25540 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.9 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
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
- 66 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,500 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 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 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
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 153rd Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 72nd Drive
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 72nd Drive
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Vleigh Playground1,210 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch950 feet
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch950 feet
- Chase Bank branch1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket560 feet
- Key Food Supermarket690 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,160 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 153rd Street 260 feet
- 153rd Street & 72nd Road 270 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & 72nd Road 400 feet
- 75th Avenue & 153rd Street 520 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Aguilar Avenue 570 feet
- 150th Street & 72nd Drive 670 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Kissena Boulevard 790 feet
- 150th Street & 73rd Avenue 930 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or 72nd Drive.