82nd Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 82nd 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. Glendale Sacred Heart Church is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 78 Av/81 St, is 310 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 two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 78 Av/81 St, 310 feet away, for the Q29.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 78 Av/81 St Q29310 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, 0.4 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 mile
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 October 2021.
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
- 82 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 47 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 December 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
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 School650 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park930 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground1,220 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship380 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center980 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 81st Street & 78th Avenue 250 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Avenue 250 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Road 280 feet
- 82nd Street & 77th Avenue 410 feet
- 80th Street & 78th Avenue 480 feet
- 84th Street & 78th Avenue 510 feet
- 81st Street & 78th Road 520 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Road 530 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 82nd Street.