72nd Avenue & Aguilar Avenue

The three-way junction of 72nd Avenue and Aguilar Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Robert F. Kennedy Community High School is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av, is 660 feet away for the Q25, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av · Q25
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 playground and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Avenue & Aguilar Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av, 660 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Aguilar Av Q25
    660 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    630 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2024 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 72nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of Aguilar Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  3. The World Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
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  1. Robert F. Kennedy Community High School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Seventy Five Playground
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pomonok Post Office
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 107th Precinct Police station
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    770 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    500 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 72nd Avenue or Aguilar Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.