131st Avenue & 178th Place

The three-way junction of 131st Avenue and 178th Place is in Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gwen Ifill Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Farmers Blvd/131 Av, is 500 feet away for the Q3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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131st Avenue & 178th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Farmers Blvd/131 Av, 500 feet away, for the Q3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Farmers Blvd/131 Av Q3
    500 feet
    Q3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
21 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Francis Grace Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gwen Ifill Park Nature area
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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