Grand Central Parkway & 73rd Avenue
Grand Central Parkway and 73rd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1995, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station0.9 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11362
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 176 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1995.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2015, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 73rd Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 73rd Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The six nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 244th Street 320 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 244th Street 430 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Commonwealth Boulevard 500 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 246th Street 0.3 miles
- Commonwealth Boulevard & Glen Oaks School Campus Driveway 0.3 miles
- Commonwealth Boulevard & Cullman Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along 73rd Avenue or Grand Central Parkway.