35th Avenue & 72nd Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 72nd Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, 65 St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 20 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
65 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
74 St/35 Av · Q47
Within a walk
3 places
1 nursing home or hospice, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 65 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 65 St M, R
    0.3 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
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R
  2. 69 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 74 St/35 Av, 570 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 74 St/35 Av Q47
    570 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & 35 Ave 25 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 860 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 71-08 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1930 and 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 72nd Street

  • Electric vehicle charging only 1 sign ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405294 and 406595.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 230 School
    760 feet

Health care

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th 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.