Austin Street & 72nd Avenue

Austin Street and 72nd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 84 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
8 places
3 trade or language schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 72nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    1,110 feet
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.3 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 1,140 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ascan Av Q60, QM18
    1,140 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 72 Rd 16 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, September 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Austin Street (south side).

East side of 72nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 72nd Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Austin Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-1PM 30 MINUTE LIMIT 3 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-10PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403800, 468410, 468411 and 469275.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    150 feet
  2. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    380 feet
  3. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. American Training Center Trade or language school
    690 feet
  2. The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Charlotte's Way - South Jamaica II Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    890 feet

Health care

  1. Forest View Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,050 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 84 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 72nd Avenue or Austin Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.