43rd Avenue & 72nd Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 72nd Street is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Woodside Av/72 St · Q47
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
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  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodside Av/72 St, 290 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodside Av/72 St Q47
    290 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
89 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at P.S. 12 James P. Colgate.

  1. Winged Shadows Sculpture by Robert Adzema, 1987
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    30 feet
  2. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    150 feet
  3. Jackson Heights SDA School
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crosson Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Crosson Green
    1,260 feet
  3. Queens New Roots (West) Garden
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens New Roots (East) Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    530 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 72nd Street.

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