Grand Avenue & 73rd Street
Grand Avenue and 73rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Garlinge Triangle is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/73 St, is 20 feet away for the Q59, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them parks, and 16 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/73 St, 20 feet away, for the Q59.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Grand Av/73 St Q5920 feetQ59
Next buses at this stop
- Q59 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.
- 16 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.
- 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station780 feet
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
- Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022
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
- 106 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 700 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 73rd Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Garlinge Triangle.
- Maspeth Memorial Stele, 1931460 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 parks
- 2 schools
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 58 - the School of Heroes School380 feet
- Maspeth High School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Garlinge Triangle460 feet
- Quick Brown Fox Triangle1,170 feet
- Elmhurst Park1,200 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch600 feet
- Citizens Bank Bank branch1,250 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,190 feet
Shopping centers
- Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center780 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Grand Avenue & 73rd Place 250 feet
- Grand Avenue & 72nd Place 390 feet
- 73rd Street & 53rd Road 440 feet
- 57th Avenue & 72nd Place 520 feet
- 57th Avenue & Grand Avenue 570 feet
- Grand Avenue & 72nd Street 640 feet
- 72nd Place & 53rd Road 690 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 73rd Street 690 feet
See every intersection along 73rd Street or Grand Avenue.