73rd Street & Woodside Avenue

The three-way junction of 73rd Street and Woodside Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Adventist Jackson Heights Church is 90 feet away, and Crosson Park is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Woodside Av/72 St · Q47
Within a walk
11 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
73rd 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, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

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, 390 feet away, for the Q47.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodside Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 74 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 73rd Street

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

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crosson Park
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    210 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 73rd Street or Woodside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.