Grand Avenue & 72nd Street

Grand Avenue and 72nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Quick Brown Fox Triangle is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/72 St, is 100 feet away for the Q58 and Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Grand Av/72 St · Q58, Q59
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/72 St, 100 feet away, for the Q58 and Q59.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/72 St Q58, Q59
    100 feet
    Q58 Q59

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 33 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.3 miles

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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

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

East side of 72nd Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 72nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 468005 and 469001.

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
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School
    560 feet
  2. I.S. 73 - the Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School
    820 feet
  3. Maspeth High School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garlinge Triangle
    210 feet
  2. Quick Brown Fox Triangle
    910 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    560 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street 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.