160th Street & 72nd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 160th Street and 72nd Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. P.S. 154 Queens is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 71 Av/Parsons Blvd, is 1,140 feet away for the Q64, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1985 and 2004, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 71 Av/Parsons Blvd, 1,140 feet away, for the Q64.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 71 Av/Parsons Blvd Q641,140 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station1,080 feet
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1985 and 2004.
Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 160th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 160th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K520 feet
- Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5860 feet
- P.S. 154 Queens School930 feet
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- Acorn Adventure Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5960 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground Seventy Five Playground540 feet
Community centers and public services
- Pomonok Post Office1,230 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch910 feet
- Citizens Bank Bank branch1,110 feet
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch1,190 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy940 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 161st Street & 72nd Avenue 250 feet
- 160th Street & 73rd Avenue 250 feet
- 159th Street & 72nd Avenue 250 feet
- 162nd Street & 72nd Avenue 500 feet
- 160th Street & 75th Avenue 500 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 72nd Avenue 610 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Aguilar Avenue 750 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 162nd Street 750 feet
See every intersection along 160th Street or 72nd Avenue.