73rd Street & 52nd Avenue

The three-way junction of 73rd Street and 52nd Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Calamus Av/74 St, is 790 feet away for the Q47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

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73rd Street & 52nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Calamus Av/74 St, 790 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Calamus Av/74 St Q47
    790 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

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 May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

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 November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 52nd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    1,210 feet

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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Finance and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.