73rd Street & Edsall Avenue
The four-way crossing of 73rd Street and Edsall Avenue is in Glendale, Queens, and is also named Tom “Pop” Toscano Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Pinocchio Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/73 St, is 0.3 miles away for the QM24, QM25 and QM34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/73 St, 0.3 miles away, for the QM24, QM25 and QM34.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/73 St QM24, QM25, QM34 · Shelter0.3 milesQM24 QM25 QM34
Next buses at this stop
- QM24 …
- QM25 …
- QM34 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station800 feet
- 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
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
- 87 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Tom “Pop” Toscano Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tom “Pop” Toscano Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Edsall Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Edsall Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pinocchio Playground1,070 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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:
- 72nd Place & Edsall Avenue 260 feet
- 73rd Place & Edsall Avenue 270 feet
- Central Avenue & 73rd Street 410 feet
- 72nd Street & Edsall Avenue 520 feet
- Cooper Avenue & Central Avenue 620 feet
- Central Avenue & 72nd Place 670 feet
- Edsall Avenue & 71st Place 770 feet
- 74th Street & Cooper Avenue 910 feet
See every intersection along 73rd Street or Edsall Avenue.