73rd Street & Hazen Street

The three-way junction of 73rd Street and Hazen Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 002 Alfred Zimberg is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ditmars Blvd/72 St, is 1,040 feet away for the Q69, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and one place to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

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73rd Street & Hazen Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/72 St, 1,040 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/72 St Q69 · Shelter
    1,040 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hazen St & 20 Ave 23 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at 77th Street & Astoria Boulevard North, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 21st Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2014.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1940 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Hazen Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 002 Alfred Zimberg School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carlos R. Lillo Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Paul Raimonda Playground
    1,180 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.