106th Avenue & Ruscoe Street

The three-way junction of 106th Avenue and Ruscoe Street is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. It is 520 feet to the 173rd St Playground. The nearest bus stop, 106 Av/177 St, is 190 feet away for the Q42, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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106th Avenue & Ruscoe Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 106 Av/177 St, 190 feet away, for the Q42.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 106 Av/177 St Q42
    190 feet
    Q42

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q42 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-15 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 106th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 116 William C. Hughley School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trees of Life Organic Garden
    490 feet
  2. Detective Keith L Williams Park
    520 feet
  3. 173rd St Playground
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Detective Keith L Williams Field House Recreation center
    620 feet
  2. Liberty Pool Swimming pool
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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