166th Street & 78th Avenue
The three-way junction of 166th Street and 78th Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/168 St, is 860 feet away for the Q45, QM1, QM5 and five more, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/168 St, 860 feet away, for the Q45, QM1, QM5, QM6 and four more.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/168 St Q45, QM1, QM5, QM6 +4 · Shelter860 feetQ45 QM1 QM5 QM6 QM7 QM8 QM31 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q45 …
- QM1 …
- QM5 …
- QM6 …
- QM7 …
- QM8 …
- QM31 …
- QM35 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 164-01 Union Turnpike Gas station980 feet
- 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 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 January 2026.
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
- 72 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 nursing home or hospice
Schools and child care
- Tiny Footsteps Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K630 feet
- Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K890 feet
Health care
- Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice850 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch1,040 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and six 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 166th Street & 77th Road 260 feet
- 165th Street & 78th Avenue 370 feet
- 166th Street & 77th Avenue 530 feet
- 167th Street & 77th Road 590 feet
- 164th Street & 78th Avenue 710 feet
- 166th Street & 81st Avenue 780 feet
- 166th Street & 76th Road 780 feet
- 168th Street & 77th Road 850 feet
See every intersection along 166th Street or 78th Avenue.