72nd Street & Edsall Avenue
The three-way junction of 72nd Street and Edsall Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground is 1,070 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 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.
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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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.5 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.
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
- 90 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 Playground1,070 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- Edsall Avenue & 71st Place 250 feet
- 72nd Place & Edsall Avenue 260 feet
- 73rd Street & Edsall Avenue 520 feet
- 72nd Street & Central Avenue 520 feet
- Central Avenue & 72nd Place 730 feet
- Central Avenue & 71st Place 770 feet
- 73rd Place & Edsall Avenue 790 feet
- Central Avenue & 73rd Street 930 feet
See every intersection along 72nd Street or Edsall Avenue.