Main Street & 72nd Drive

Main Street and 72nd Drive meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Freedom Square Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/73 Av, is 210 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Main St/73 Av · Q20, Q44 SBS
Within a walk
23 places
13 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 72nd Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/73 Av, 210 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/73 Av Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter
    210 feet
    Q20 Q44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …
  2. Q44 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-31 Main Street Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Drive

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 72nd Drive

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY NOON-7PM FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-NOON

West side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 434406, 434407, 446248, 452394 and 455557.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Haym Solomon Memorial.

  1. Haym Salomon Stele, 1976
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    150 feet
  2. Shevach High School
    720 feet
  3. Positive Beginnings Preschool
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sholom, Sholom Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Congregation Ahavas Yisroel of Kew Gardens Hills Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Yeshivat Bnei Torah School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Square Playground
    610 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Library
    330 feet
  2. Queens County Savings Bank, Kew Gardens Hills Branch Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Post Office
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Drive or Main Street.

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