Austin Street & 73rd Road

Austin Street and 73rd Road meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 305/Ladder 151 firehouse is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them trade or language schools, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
75 Av
610 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Queens Blvd/Ascan Av · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
7 places
2 trade or language schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Austin Street & 73rd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 75 Av E, F
    610 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ascan Av, 800 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 76 Ave 16 docks in all
    890 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
    1.1 miles
  2. 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 June 2025.

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
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1932 and 1942.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Austin Street (south side).

East side of 73rd Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 73rd Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Austin Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464663, 466073 and 467002.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Medieval, and built between 1922 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School
    540 feet
  2. The Church in the Gardens Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Austin Medical Assistant Training LL Trade or language school
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. One Stop Academy Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church in the Gardens Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 305/Ladder 151 Fire station · landmark
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 73rd Road or Austin Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.