78th Avenue & Kew Forest Lane

The three-way junction of 78th Avenue and Kew Forest Lane is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kew Forest School is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about a minute on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them schools, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1942, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
390 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Queens Blvd/78 Av · Q45, Q46, Q48
Within a walk
8 places
2 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Avenue & Kew Forest Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    390 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/78 Av, 430 feet away, for the Q45, Q46 and Q48.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/78 Av Q45, Q46, Q48
    430 feet
    Q45 Q46 Q48

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …
  2. Q46 …
  3. Q48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 Ave & Queens Blvd S 29 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1929 and 1942.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Avenue

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

West side of 78th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Kew Forest Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kew Forest Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402918 and 462558.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    320 feet
  2. Ezra Academy School
    400 feet
  3. Kew Forest School
    430 feet
Show all 6
  1. Plaza College
    1,100 feet
  2. Access Institute Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  3. Beth Gavriel DCC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 80-02 Kew Gardens Road Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    360 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    290 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along 78th Avenue or Kew Forest Lane.

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