34th Avenue & 72nd Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 72nd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 230 is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, 65 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
65 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
74 St/34 Av · Q47
Within a walk
4 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 65 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/34 Av, 590 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/34 Av Q47
    590 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 71 St 22 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-08 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 72nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 230 School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 398 Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. The Hector Figueroa School
    750 feet

Health care

  1. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 72nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.