78th Avenue & 73rd Place
The three-way junction of 78th Avenue and 73rd Place is in Glendale, Queens, and is also named Police Officer Anthony Mosomillo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Library is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/73 Pl, is 830 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/73 Pl, 830 feet away, for the Q55.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/73 Pl Q55 · Shelter830 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 73rd Place and 78th Avenue.
- 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station250 feet
- 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.3 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 85 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Police Officer Anthony Mosomillo Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 900 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 1925 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Police Officer Anthony Mosomillo Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 73rd Place
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 119 the Glendale School570 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pinocchio Playground810 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Glendale Library680 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.
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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Cooper Avenue & 73rd Place 90 feet
- 74th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- Cooper Avenue & 73rd Street 360 feet
- 75th Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- Cooper Avenue & Central Avenue 550 feet
- Cooper Avenue & 72nd Place 640 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Place 700 feet
- 74th Street & Cooper Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along 73rd Place or 78th Avenue.