78th Street & Woodside Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and Woodside Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 1 ambulance station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & Woodside 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 five 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
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 520 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodside Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.7 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
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Woodside Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING APRIL-DECEMBER SATURDAY NOON-8PM

South side of Woodside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401987, 462183 and 463231.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    50 feet
  2. Nine Heroes Plaza
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,120 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 78th Street or Woodside Avenue.

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