120th Avenue & 171st Street
The five-way junction of 120th Avenue and 171st Street is in Baisley Park, Queens, and is also named Herbert Louis Huntley Sr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Phoenix Gate Community Garden is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/Victoria Rd, is 1,140 feet away for the Q5, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/Victoria Rd, 1,140 feet away, for the Q5.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Merrick Blvd/Victoria Rd Q5 · Shelter1,140 feetQ5
Next buses at this stop
- Q5 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & 160th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 168-07 Baisley Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11434
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 113
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Baisley Park
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Herbert Louis Huntley Sr. Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1945.
Since 2014 at least 85 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the sawtooth oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Herbert Louis Huntley Sr. Way.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden90 feet
- Roy Wilkins Recreation Center Park1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- Life Line Pentecostal Church House of worship1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 170th Street & 120th Avenue 260 feet
- 119th Avenue & Ring Place 450 feet
- 172nd Street & Amelia Road 480 feet
- 120th Avenue & Marsden Street 600 feet
- Merrill Street & Victoria Drive 650 feet
- 118th Road & Ring Place 700 feet
- 119th Road & Merrill Street 720 feet
- 172nd Street & Brocher Road 760 feet
See every intersection along 120th Avenue, 171st Street or Ring Place.