72nd Street & 44th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and 44th Avenue is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Woodside Av/72 St · Q47
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & 44th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodside Av/72 St, 560 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodside Av/72 St Q47
    560 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    590 feet

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.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 188 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 44th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at P.S. 12 James P. Colgate.

  1. Winged Shadows Sculpture by Robert Adzema, 1987
    460 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    430 feet
  3. Jackson Heights SDA School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 437 Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 69-02 Queens Boulevard Public space
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    750 feet
  2. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Avenue or 72nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.