165th Street & 78th Avenue

The three-way junction of 165th Street and 78th Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/164 St, is 770 feet away for the Q45, Q46, Q48 and seven more, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

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165th Street & 78th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/164 St, 770 feet away, for the Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 and six more.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/164 St Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 +6
    770 feet
    Q45 Q46 Q48 QM1 QM5 QM6 QM7 QM8 QM31 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …
  2. Q46 …
  3. Q48 …
  4. QM1 …
  5. QM5 …
  6. QM6 …
  7. QM7 …
  8. QM8 …
  9. QM31 …
  10. QM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 164-01 Union Turnpike Gas station
    690 feet
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11366
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Tiny Footsteps Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Health care

  1. Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 corners on foot, six of them 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.