72nd Avenue & Roman Avenue
The three-way junction of 72nd Avenue and Roman Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Lukes Episcopal Church is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kessel St/71 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q23, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kessel St/71 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q23.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kessel St/71 Av Q230.3 milesQ23
Next buses at this stop
- Q23 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Austin St & 70 Rd 23 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 112
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1941.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the northern red oak and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Angels in the Gardens Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5340 feet
- P.S. 101 School in the Gardens School1,050 feet
Houses of worship
- St Lukes Episcopal Church Listed historic place340 feet
- First Church Christ Scientist Forest Hills House of worship1,290 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 72nd Avenue & Harrow Street 120 feet
- Groton Street & Roman Avenue 120 feet
- Greenway South & Roman Avenue 260 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Ingram Street 380 feet
- Greenway South & Olive Place 480 feet
- Greenway South & Harrow Street 510 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Juno Street 640 feet
- Greenway South & Greenway Terrace 670 feet
See every intersection along 72nd Avenue or Roman Avenue.