Grand Avenue & 72nd Place

Grand Avenue and 72nd Place meet at a four-way crossing in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Maspeth Memorial” is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/73 St, is 300 feet away for the Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Grand Av/73 St · Q59
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & 72nd Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/73 St, 300 feet away, for the Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/73 St Q59
    300 feet
    Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
102 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 72nd Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 72nd Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 461976 and 466724.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Garlinge Triangle.

  1. Maspeth Memorial Stele, 1931
    80 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    310 feet
  2. I.S. 73 - the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School
    1,070 feet
  3. Maspeth High School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garlinge Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and nine 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Place or Grand Avenue.

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