78th Street & 66th Road

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 66th Road is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Middle Village Veterans Triangle is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/78 St, is 630 feet away for the Q54, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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78th Street & 66th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/78 St, 630 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/78 St Q54
    630 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11379
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Middle Village
Elevation
123 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2022 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Margaret Catholic Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middle Village Veterans Triangle
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community United Methodist Churchf Middle Village & Forest Hills House of worship
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 319 Fire station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    760 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.