78th Street & Juniper Boulevard South
The three-way junction of 78th Street and Juniper Boulevard South 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. Juniper Valley Park is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Penelope Av/78 St, is 500 feet away for the Q38, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Penelope Av/78 St, 500 feet away, for the Q38.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Penelope Av/78 St Q38500 feetQ38
Next buses at this stop
- Q38 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Woodhaven Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 64-01 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 March 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2019
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
- 117 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 139 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 dog run
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole School620 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Juniper Valley Park30 feet
- Juniper North Playground90 feet
- Dog Run in Juniper Valley Park Dog run1,120 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 79th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 270 feet
- Juniper Boulevard South & 77th Place 270 feet
- 78th Street & Penelope Avenue 490 feet
- 77th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 540 feet
- 80th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 560 feet
- 79th Street & Penelope Avenue 680 feet
- Penelope Avenue & 77th Place 750 feet
- 76th Street & Juniper Boulevard South 820 feet
See every intersection along 78th Street or Juniper Boulevard South.