138th Street & 78th Drive
The four-way crossing of 138th Street and 78th Drive is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Judge Moses Weinstein Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, is 920 feet away for the Q45, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, 920 feet away, for the Q45.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl Q45 · Shelter920 feetQ45
Next buses at this stop
- Q45 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 960 feet by car along the streets.
- 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station0.7 miles
- 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 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 October 2018.
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
- 75 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 170 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Fastigiata' European hornbeam.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 138th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 138th Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 78th Drive
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 78th Drive
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 164 Queens Valley School1,170 feet
- Steppingstone Day School Preschool1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Judge Moses Weinstein Playground700 feet
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park900 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance 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 eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 138th Street & 78th Road 260 feet
- Park Drive East & 78th Drive 490 feet
- 78th Avenue & 138th Street 640 feet
- Vleigh Place & 78th Drive 670 feet
- Park Drive East & 78th Road 740 feet
- Union Turnpike Pedestrian and Bike Path & Jackie Robinson Parkway 820 feet
- Union Turnpike & Vleigh Place 830 feet
- 78th Road & Vleigh Place 930 feet
See every intersection along 138th Street or 78th Drive.