72nd Street & Woodside Avenue

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and Woodside Avenue is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Winged Shadows” is 150 feet away, and Crosson Green is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Woodside Av/72 St · Q47
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & Woodside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Outbound
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Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
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Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.4 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, 40 feet away, for the Q47.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodside Avenue.

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    50 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2022

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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

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
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    240 feet
  2. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  3. Jackson Heights SDA School
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crosson Park
    890 feet
  2. Queens New Roots (West) Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Queens New Roots (East) Garden
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Crosson Green
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    520 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street or Woodside Avenue.

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