88th Street & 78th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 88th 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. Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/88 St, is 1,290 feet away for the Q55, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/88 St, 1,290 feet away, for the Q55.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/88 St Q551,290 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 station0.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.7 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 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
- 78 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 78th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of 88th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of 88th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School330 feet
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship1,270 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 88th Street & 79th Avenue 210 feet
- 87th Street & 78th Avenue 330 feet
- 88th Street & 77th Avenue 350 feet
- Union Turnpike & 88th Street 490 feet
- 87th Street & 77th Avenue 530 feet
- 86th Street & 78th Avenue 590 feet
- 88th Street & 76th Avenue 630 feet
- 87th Street & 79th Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along 78th Avenue or 88th Street.