72nd Place & Edsall Avenue
The three-way junction of 72nd Place and Edsall Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/72 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/72 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/72 St Q55, QM24, QM25, QM340.3 milesQ55 QM24 QM25 QM34
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
- QM24 …
- QM25 …
- QM34 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station1,060 feet
- 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 88 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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 March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Edsall Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground1,270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 72nd Street & Edsall Avenue 260 feet
- 73rd Street & Edsall Avenue 260 feet
- Central Avenue & 72nd Place 470 feet
- Edsall Avenue & 71st Place 510 feet
- 73rd Place & Edsall Avenue 530 feet
- Central Avenue & 73rd Street 670 feet
- 72nd Street & Central Avenue 720 feet
- Cooper Avenue & Central Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along 72nd Place or Edsall Avenue.