78th Street & 25th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 25th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. LaGuardia Landing Lights is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 25 Av/79 St, is 250 feet away for the Q47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
25 Av/79 St · Q47
Within a walk
5 places
1 park, 1 playground and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & 25th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 25 Av/79 St, 250 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av/79 St Q47
    250 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 77 St & 24 Ave 19 docks in all
    920 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-06 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
22 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 25th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 25th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 78th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. LaGuardia Landing Lights Park
    50 feet
  2. Louis C. Moser Playground
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Trainsmeadow Post Office
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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:

See every intersection along 25th Avenue or 78th Street.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.