Broadway & 77th Street

Broadway and 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. The corner is also named Guillermo Vasquez Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 230 feet away, and Elmhurst A Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
620 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    620 feet
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 380 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    380 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Broadway.

  • 90 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 Ave & 77 St 24 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,270 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Guillermo Vasquez Corner, a co-naming enacted on October 2, 2012 (Local Law 48 of 2012).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Guillermo Vasquez Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 77th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463642 and 465219.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 hospital
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    710 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    230 feet
  2. Nine Heroes Plaza
    280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    960 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 19 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 77th Street or Broadway.

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