78th Avenue & 138th Street
The four-way crossing of 78th Avenue and 138th Street is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Valley Playground is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, is 0.3 miles away for the Q45, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1937 and 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, 0.3 miles away, for the Q45.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl Q45 · Shelter0.3 milesQ45
Next buses at this stop
- Q45 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station0.6 miles
- 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.3 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 April 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 32 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 138th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 138th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 78th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 78th Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 164 Queens Valley School540 feet
- Steppingstone Day School Preschool660 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Queens Valley Playground780 feet
- Judge Moses Weinstein Playground940 feet
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 138th Street & 78th Road 380 feet
- 77th Avenue & 138th Street 380 feet
- 77th Avenue & 137th Street 490 feet
- 141st Street & 78th Avenue 560 feet
- 138th Street & 78th Drive 640 feet
- 76th Road & 137th Street 750 feet
- 141st Street & 77th Road 770 feet
- 141st Street & 78th Avenue at Vleigh Place 790 feet
See every intersection along 138th Street or 78th Avenue.