85th Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 85th 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 420 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/85 St, is 910 feet away for the Q55, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/85 St, 910 feet away, for the Q55.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/85 St Q55910 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.9 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 August 2025.
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
- 72 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign 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
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School310 feet
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School810 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship420 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.3 miles
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 84th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- 86th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- 85th Street & 77th Avenue 350 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- 87th Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- 86th Street & 77th Avenue 600 feet
- 84th Street & 77th Avenue 610 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Avenue 760 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 85th Street.