83rd Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 78th Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Sacred Heart Church is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 78 Av/81 St, is 550 feet away for the Q29, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 78 Av/81 St, 550 feet away, for the Q29.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 78 Av/81 St Q29550 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 station0.6 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 3 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 parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 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.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School400 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park920 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship170 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center1,080 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 82nd Street & 78th Avenue 250 feet
- 84th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Road 280 feet
- 83rd Street & 77th Avenue 390 feet
- 81st Street & 78th Avenue 500 feet
- 85th Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Road 530 feet
- 84th Street & 77th Avenue 620 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 83rd Street.