Parsons Boulevard & 78th Avenue

Parsons Boulevard and 78th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 238 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Solomon Schechter School-Queens is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/77 Av, is 600 feet away for the Q25, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Parsons Blvd/77 Av · Q25
Within a walk
13 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parsons Boulevard & 78th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/77 Av, 600 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/77 Av Q25 · Shelter
    600 feet
    Q25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 78th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard.

  • 2 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 238 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,565th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 113 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11366
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 78th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 78th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ketana of Queens School
    290 feet
  2. Al-Mamoor School
    450 feet
  3. Solomon Schechter School-Queens School
    940 feet
Show all 8
  1. I.S. 250 the Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. Q255 School
    1,050 feet
  3. Queens School of Inquiry, The School
    1,050 feet
  4. The World Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. Robert F. Kennedy Community High School
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 78th Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.