81st Street & 78th Road
The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 78th Road 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. Dry Harbor Playground is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 78 Av/81 St, is 340 feet away for the Q29, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three 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, 340 feet away, for the Q29.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 78 Av/81 St Q29340 feetQ29
Next buses at this stop
- Q29 …
Cycling
- 4 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station0.6 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 April 2022.
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
- 87 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are 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 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park660 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground740 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship900 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center1,020 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 82nd Street & 78th Road 230 feet
- 80th Street & 78th Road 240 feet
- 81st Street & 78th Avenue 280 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Road 480 feet
- 78th Road & 79th Lane 500 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- 80th Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Street 600 feet
See every intersection along 78th Road or 81st Street.