Northern Boulevard & 78th Street

Northern Boulevard and 78th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Travers Park is 240 feet away, and the Engine 307/Ladder 154 firehouse is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/78 St, is 60 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Northern Blvd/78 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/78 St, 60 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/78 St Q63, Q66
    60 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Northern Boulevard carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 78 St & Northern Blvd 40 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    490 feet
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    910 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 466538.

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Romanesque, and mostly built between 1923 and 1925.

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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Garden School
    380 feet
  2. Jhelc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    410 feet
  3. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Annex Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Travers Park
    240 feet
  2. Travers Park Playground
    240 feet
  3. Rory Staunton Field
    410 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 78th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    430 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 78th Street or Northern Boulevard.

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