Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road Pedestrian Overpass
Grand Central Parkway and 72nd Road Pedestrian Overpass meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 220 feet away, and Fairview Nursing Care Center is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 75 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 75 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
- 75 Av E, F0.3 milesE F
Next trains at this station
Jamaica
2 lines- E …
- F …
Manhattan
2 lines- E …
- F …
Also within a walk
- Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R0.5 milesE F M R
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/72 Dr, 0.3 miles away, for the Q60, QM11 and QM18.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/72 Dr Q60, QM11, QM18 · Shelter0.3 milesQ60 QM11 QM18
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
- QM11 …
- QM18 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- 72 Rd & 113 St 12 docks in all380 feet
By car
A ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound starts at this corner.
- 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station1.5 miles
- 112-20 72nd Drive Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A posted limit of 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 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 1941 and 1956.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway School740 feet
- Yeshiva Sha'arei Zion Ohel Bracha School1,170 feet
- Melville Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 51,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park220 feet
- Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature220 feet
- Willow Lake Playground260 feet
Health care
- Fairview Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice1,300 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Ahavath Sholom House of worship1,170 feet
- Reform Temple of Forest Hills House of worship1,180 feet
- First Presbyterian Church Forest Hills House of worship1,280 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Grand Central Parkway & 72nd Road 40 feet
- 113th Street & 72nd Road 350 feet
- 113th Street & 72nd Drive 610 feet
- 112th Street & 72nd Road 730 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 75th Avenue 830 feet
- 112th Street & 72nd Avenue 990 feet
- 112th Street & 72nd Drive 990 feet
- 75th Avenue & 113th Street 1,110 feet
See every intersection along Grand Central Parkway.