141st Street & 78th Avenue

The three-way junction of 141st Street and 78th Avenue is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 164 Queens Valley is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/77 Rd, is 1,010 feet away for the Q20, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1945, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1,060 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Main St/77 Rd · Q20
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/77 Rd, 1,010 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/77 Rd Q20 · Shelter
    1,010 feet
    Q20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

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, 1,060 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
    1.2 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 between 1937 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 141st Street

  • No parking 2 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 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 78th Avenue

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

South side of 78th Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Steppingstone Day School Preschool
    100 feet
  2. North Queens Community High School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 164 Queens Valley School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Judge Moses Weinstein Playground
    380 feet
  2. Queens Valley Playground
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Queens Valley House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 141-55 77th Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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