78th Street & Broadway

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and Broadway is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Hospital Center is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about four minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Broadway, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
940 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & Broadway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    940 feet
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 60 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    60 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Broadway carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 Ave & 77 St 24 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the common linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Broadway (north side).

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401987, 462182 and 465219.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    100 feet
  2. Nine Heroes Plaza
    590 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    650 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 78th Street or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.