34th Avenue & 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 78th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rory Staunton Field is 210 feet away, and St Marks Episcopal Church is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/78 St, is 680 feet away for the Q63 and Q66. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Northern Blvd/78 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/78 St, 680 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/78 St Q63, Q66
    680 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 St & Northern Blvd 40 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,500 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 1939 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 169 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 78th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 36 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1922 and 1937.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 field
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Garden School
    520 feet
  3. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    700 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jhelc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. I.S. 230 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    50 feet
  2. Rory Staunton Field
    210 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    380 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet
  2. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church House of worship
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue or 78th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.