35th Avenue & 78th Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 78th Street is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jackson Heights Post Office is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
35 Av/76 St · Q49
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.5 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 35 Av/76 St, 490 feet away, for the Q49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 35 Av/76 St Q49
    490 feet
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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. 81 St & 35 Ave 25 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464807 and 467194.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 80 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1919 and 1937.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 82nd Street Academics Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    1,100 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Archdiocese School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  3. Garden School
    1,230 feet
  4. St Joan of Arc School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    760 feet
  2. Rory Staunton Field
    930 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    1,100 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. St Joan of Arc House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 35th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.