Grand Central Parkway & 78th Crescent

Grand Central Parkway and 78th Crescent meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens, at the edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Plaza College is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, is about three minutes on foot, for the E and F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them trade or language schools, and ten places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kew Gardens-Union Tpke
680 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Queens Blvd/78 Cres · Q45, Q46, Q48
Within a walk
7 places
2 trade or language schools, 1 college and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kew Gardens-Union Tpke, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kew Gardens-Union Tpke E, F
    680 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
    0.5 miles
    E F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/78 Cres, 590 feet away, for the Q45, Q46 and Q48.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/78 Cres Q45, Q46, Q48
    590 feet
    Q45 Q46 Q48

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …
  2. Q46 …
  3. Q48 …

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
    940 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 78th Crescent

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

South side of 78th Crescent

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Central Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401065 and 407337.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Plaza College
    310 feet
  2. Telecom Institute of New York Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Access Institute Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature
    730 feet
  2. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Borough Hall Post Office
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 80-02 Kew Gardens Road Older adult center
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    340 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Central Parkway.

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