161st Street & 72nd Avenue
The three-way junction of 161st Street and 72nd Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Emerald Playground is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/73 Av, is 1,010 feet away for the Q65, 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 1960 and 2000, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 164 St/73 Av, 1,010 feet away, for the Q65.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 164 St/73 Av Q651,010 feetQ65
Next buses at this stop
- Q65 …
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 station0.3 miles
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.3 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 September 2014.
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
- 67 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 1960 and 2000.
Trees
NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 161st Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 161st Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 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
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Acorn Adventure Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5720 feet
- New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K770 feet
- P.S. 154 Queens School940 feet
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- Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 51,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground Seventy Five Playground790 feet
- Emerald Playground1,310 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,190 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 162nd Street & 72nd Avenue 250 feet
- 160th Street & 72nd Avenue 250 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 162nd Street 500 feet
- 160th Street & 73rd Avenue 500 feet
- 159th Street & 72nd Avenue 500 feet
- 163rd Street & 72nd Avenue 510 feet
- 75th Avenue & 162nd Street 750 feet
- 160th Street & 75th Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along 161st Street or 72nd Avenue.