74th Street & Grand Avenue

The four-way crossing of 74th Street and Grand Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/74 St, is 120 feet away for the Q58, Q59 and Q98, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and four places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Grand Av/74 St · Q58, Q59, Q98
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
74th Street & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/74 St, 120 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/74 St Q58, Q59, Q98
    120 feet
    Q58 Q59 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …
  3. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Turn calming, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 74th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 74th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Grand Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 463199.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Maspeth High School
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    1,120 feet
  3. Kidz Village Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elmhurst Park
    460 feet
  2. Elmhurst Park Playground
    660 feet
  3. Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Elmhurst Park Park feature
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    1,200 feet
  2. Garlinge Triangle
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    40 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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:

See every intersection along 74th Street or Grand Avenue.

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