160th Street & 162nd Street
The three-way junction of 160th Street and 162nd Street is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Electric Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/161 St, is 690 feet away for the Q64, QM4 and QM44, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1952 and 1954, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/161 St, 690 feet away, for the Q64, QM4 and QM44.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/161 St Q64, QM4, QM44 · Shelter690 feetQ64 QM4 QM44
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
- QM4 …
- QM44 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.7 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.3 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.6 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 2018.
What the city has done here
- Enhanced crossing, May 2015
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 88 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,800 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 between 1952 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 77 signs on these blocks
- 12 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 160th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 160th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of 161st Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Parallel parking only 5 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
West side of 161st Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- Parallel parking only 5 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY
East side of 162nd Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 162nd Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Electric Playground880 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
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, one of them within a three-minute walk:
- 161st Street & Jewel Avenue 690 feet
- 160th Street & 65th Avenue 1,270 feet
- 162nd Street & 65th Avenue 1,280 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Jewel Avenue 0.3 miles
- 164th Street & Jewel Avenue 0.3 miles
- 161st Street & 65th Avenue 0.3 miles
- 159th Street & 65th Avenue 0.3 miles
- 163rd Street & 65th Avenue 0.3 miles
See every intersection along 160th Street, 161st Street or 162nd Street.