73rd Avenue & 112th Street

The three-way junction of 73rd Avenue and 112th Street is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
320 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
73rd Avenue & 112th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    320 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R
  2. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 680 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM18
    680 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 75 Ave 25 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 1,210 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    190 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 112th Street

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

East side of 73rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 73rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402618 and 462270.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Medieval, and built between 1922 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    1,100 feet
  3. Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station · landmark
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 112th Street or 73rd Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.