78th Street & 155th Avenue

The three-way junction of 78th Street and 155th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Spring Creek Park Addition is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/155 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1985, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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78th Street & 155th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 84 St/155 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 84 St/155 Av Q11, Q41, QM15
    0.3 miles
    Q11 Q41 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 91-02 South Conduit Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11414
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
32 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Howard Beach-Lindenwood
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1985.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 155th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 78th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Creek Park Addition Nature area
    280 feet
  2. Spring Creek Park Nature area
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.