Main Street & 76th Avenue

Main Street and 76th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kew Gardens Hills Post Office is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/76 Av, is 110 feet away for the Q20, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Main St/76 Av · Q20
Within a walk
22 places
12 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Main Street & 76th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/76 Av, 110 feet away, for the Q20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/76 Av Q20 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Q20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-31 Main Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11367
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens Hills
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 76th Avenue

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

South side of 76th Avenue

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

East side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Main Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 434034, 434460, 447072, 447073 and 451361.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sholom, Sholom Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Shevach High School
    500 feet
  3. Rabbinical Seminary of America School
    840 feet
Show all 6
  1. North Queens Community High School
    910 feet
  2. Steppingstone Day School Preschool
    1,160 feet
  3. All My Stars Day-care. Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Freedom Square Playground
    150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queens County Savings Bank, Kew Gardens Hills Branch Listed historic place
    130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Queens Valley House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kew Gardens Hills Post Office
    210 feet
  2. Older adult center at 141-55 77th Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 76th Avenue or Main Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.