Park Drive East & 78th Road
Park Drive East and 78th Road meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 360 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, is 0.3 miles away for the Q45, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1937, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl, 0.3 miles away, for the Q45.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Vleigh Pl Q45 · Shelter0.3 milesQ45
Next buses at this stop
- Q45 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 146-15 Union Turnpike Gas station0.8 miles
- 112-01 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.3 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2019.
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
- 41 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 200 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 1937.
Trees
Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 78th Road
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 78th Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Park Drive East
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park360 feet
- Willow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Park feature1,070 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- 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:
- Park Drive East & 78th Drive 250 feet
- 138th Street & 78th Road 560 feet
- Union Turnpike Pedestrian and Bike Path & Jackie Robinson Parkway 580 feet
- 77th Avenue & Park Drive East 660 feet
- 138th Street & 78th Drive 740 feet
- 78th Avenue & 138th Street 940 feet
- 77th Avenue & 137th Street 1,230 feet
- 78th Road & Vleigh Place 1,270 feet
See every intersection along 78th Road or Park Drive East.