78th Street & 159th Avenue

The three-way junction of 78th Street and 159th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Spring Creek Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/157 Av, is 0.5 miles away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

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78th Street & 159th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 84 St/157 Av, 0.5 miles away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 84 St/157 Av Q11, Q41, QM15
    0.5 miles
    Q11 Q41 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Howard Beach-Lindenwood
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 170 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 1950 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Allegheny serviceberry and the London planetree.

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 Nature area
    60 feet
  2. Spring Creek Park Addition Nature area
    870 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.