81st Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 78th Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 34 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 78 Av/81 St, is 60 feet away for the Q29, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 78 Av/81 St, 60 feet away, for the Q29.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 78 Av/81 St Q2960 feetQ29
Next buses at this stop
- Q29 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers1.1 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 May 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 34 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,862nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 7 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 80 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School900 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park940 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground1,030 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship630 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center730 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 80th Street & 78th Avenue 230 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Avenue 250 feet
- 81st Street & 78th Road 280 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Avenue 500 feet
- 80th Street & 77th Road 500 feet
- 81st Street & 77th Avenue 510 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Road 520 feet
- 80th Street & 78th Road 520 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 81st Street.