41st Avenue & 78th Street

The three-way junction of 41st Avenue and 78th Street is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nine Heroes Plaza is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 77 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
850 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
41st 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, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    850 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

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 Roosevelt Av/78 St, 630 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/78 St Q32, Q33
    630 feet
    Q32 Q33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 41st Avenue.

  • 92 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 Ave & 77 St 24 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    960 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1940 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 41st Avenue (south side).

North side of 41st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 78th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 403814.

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Anglo-American Garden Home, and built between 1926 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    780 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    510 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    530 feet
  3. Dunningham Triangle
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    720 feet
  2. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 41st Avenue or 78th Street.

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