47th Avenue & 72nd Street
The four-way crossing of 47th 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. Tiegerman School at Woodside is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/72 St, is 170 feet away for the Q60, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/72 St, 170 feet away, for the Q60.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/72 St Q60170 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- 69 St & 43 Ave 19 docks in all0.3 miles
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.
- 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
What the city has done here
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
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
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 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 2014 and 2022.
Since 2014 at least 188 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 47th Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of 47th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of 72nd Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of 72nd Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 public space
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Tiegerman School at Woodside School370 feet
- Mosaic Pre-K Center at 70-20 47th Avenue Pre-K center370 feet
- P.S. 437 Pre-K680 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at 69-02 Queens Boulevard Public space1,210 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 48th Avenue & 72nd Street 260 feet
- 47th Avenue & 73rd Street 410 feet
- 47th Avenue & 70th Street 510 feet
- 48th Avenue & 70th Street 770 feet
- Queens Boulevard & 70th Street 790 feet
- 45th Avenue & 70th Street 910 feet
- 47th Avenue & 69th Street 1,000 feet
- 70th Street & 49th Avenue 1,030 feet
See every intersection along 47th Avenue or 72nd Street.