78th Street & 45th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 45th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Queens Blvd/74 St · Q60
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & 45th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/74 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/74 St Q60 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 76 St & 45 Ave 19 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 45th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 45th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 46-16 76th Street Pre-K center
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    970 feet
  2. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.