160th Street & 109th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 160th Street and 109th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 118 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Jamaica Playground is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, is 680 feet away for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av · Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
160th Street & 109th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115
    680 feet
    Q111 Q113 Q114 Q115

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …
  2. Q113 …
  3. Q114 …
  4. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 160th Street.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 108-46 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2016
  • Turn calming, November 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 118 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,727th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 147 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's South Jamaica II development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the London planetree.

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 August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 109th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 109th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 160th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 160th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jamaica Children's School
    640 feet
  2. P.S. 040 Samuel Huntington School
    640 feet
  3. Afro-American Parents Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jamaica Playground
    120 feet
  2. Discovery Community Garden 2 Garden
    370 feet
  3. Marconi Park
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. George Washington Carver Botanical Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. Marconi Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Jamaica Library
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Jamaica Community Center
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 109th Avenue or 160th Street.

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