89th Avenue & 178th Street

The three-way junction of 89th Avenue and 178th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Highland Care Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Hillside Av/178 St · Q17, Q77
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 178th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    600 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/178 St, 590 feet away, for the Q17 and Q77.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/178 St Q17, Q77
    590 feet
    Q17 Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q77 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 187-05 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
23 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 178th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 095 Eastwood School
    680 feet
  2. The Lutheran Church of Our Savior Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
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  1. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    1,160 feet
  2. Academy of Excellence, Bell Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Magic Fingers Natural Hair Institute Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Highland Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    600 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 178th Street or 89th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.