104th Avenue & 178th Street

The three-way junction of 104th Avenue and 178th Street is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Detective Keith L Williams Park is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Liberty Av/180 St, is 530 feet away for the Q83, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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104th Avenue & 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/180 St, 530 feet away, for the Q83.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/180 St Q83
    530 feet
    Q83

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-15 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1930.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 104th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 178th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Nyadi College
    370 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Keith L Williams Park
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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