Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue

Grand Central Parkway and 78th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Borough Hall Post Office is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about two minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and 15 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
630 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Queens Blvd/78 Av · Q60, QM18, QM63, QM64 +2
Within a walk
7 places
1 college, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    630 feet
    E F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 75 Av E, F
    0.4 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/78 Av, 540 feet away, for the Q60, QM18, QM63, QM64 and two more.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/78 Av Q60, QM18, QM63, QM64 +2
    540 feet
    Q60 QM18 QM63 QM64 QM65 QM68

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …
  3. QM63 …
  4. QM64 …
  5. QM65 …
  6. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 78 Ave 24 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 141-50 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills; the corner is on the edge of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park area
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 in 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 78th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

East side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 18 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401066 and 405527.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Plaza College
    510 feet
  2. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    760 feet
  3. Bright Kids of America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    370 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    610 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Borough Hall Post Office
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 78th Avenue or Grand Central Parkway.

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