72nd Drive & 72nd Crescent

The four-way crossing of 72nd Drive and 72nd Crescent is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Haym Salomon” is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/73 Av, is 500 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Main St/73 Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Drive & 72nd Crescent Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/73 Av, 500 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/73 Av Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    500 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-31 Main Street Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm on 72nd Drive (south side).

North side of 72nd Crescent

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Crescent

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 72nd Drive

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 434407 and 452394.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Haym Solomon Memorial.

  1. Haym Salomon Stele, 1976
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Shevach High School
    1,020 feet
  3. Positive Beginnings Preschool
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Congregation Ahavas Yisroel of Kew Gardens Hills Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Square Playground
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Library
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Post Office
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Crescent or 72nd Drive.

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