141st Street & 78th Avenue at Vleigh Place

The five-way junction of 141st Street, 78th Avenue and Vleigh Place is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. North Queens Community High School is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, is 810 feet away for the Q45, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
830 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl · Q45
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
141st Street & 78th Avenue at Vleigh Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, 810 feet away, for the Q45.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl Q45 · Shelter
    810 feet
    Q45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 830 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 69 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and June 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 141st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 141st Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 78th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 78th Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vleigh Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 441456.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Steppingstone Day School Preschool
    210 feet
  2. North Queens Community High School
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Judge Moses Weinstein Playground
    150 feet
  2. Freedom Square Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Queens Valley House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141-55 77th Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 141st Street, 78th Avenue or Vleigh Place.

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.