86th Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 86th Street and 78th Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/85 St, is 1,100 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/85 St, 1,100 feet away, for the Q55.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/85 St Q551,100 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.
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 600 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 1925 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Callery pear.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School540 feet
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School570 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park1,210 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship680 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 87th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- 85th Street & 78th Avenue 260 feet
- 86th Street & 77th Avenue 340 feet
- 84th Street & 78th Avenue 520 feet
- 87th Street & 77th Avenue 580 feet
- 88th Street & 78th Avenue 590 feet
- 85th Street & 77th Avenue 600 feet
- 87th Street & 79th Avenue 640 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 86th Street.