130th Avenue & 178th Street

The three-way junction of 130th Avenue and 178th Street is in Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gwen Ifill Park is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/Farmers Blvd, is 730 feet away for the Q5, Q86, Q87 and QM63, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

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130th Avenue & 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/Farmers Blvd, 730 feet away, for the Q5, Q86, Q87 and QM63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/Farmers Blvd Q5, Q86, Q87, QM63
    730 feet
    Q5 Q86 Q87 QM63

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q86 …
  3. Q87 …
  4. QM63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 131-07 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village
Elevation
23 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.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nature area

Schools and child care

  1. Francis Grace Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Center of Excellence Springfield Gardens Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gwen Ifill Park Nature area
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    590 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 of the 10 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.