78th Street & Cooper Avenue

The three-way junction of 78th Street and Cooper Avenue is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Middle Village Playground is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 80 St/Cooper Av, is 1,200 feet away for the Q29, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and seven places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
80 St/Cooper Av · Q29
Within a walk
2 places
2 playgrounds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & Cooper Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 80 St/Cooper Av, 1,200 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 80 St/Cooper Av Q29
    1,200 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-27 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Middle Village

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Middle Village Playground
    940 feet
  2. Pinocchio Playground
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 78th Street or Cooper Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.