160th Street & 29th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 160th Street and 29th Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 29 Av/159 St, is 370 feet away for the Q16, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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160th Street & 29th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 29 Av/159 St, 370 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 29 Av/159 St Q16
    370 feet
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 157-30 Willets Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1930 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Working Org for Retarded Children School
    810 feet
  2. Ibrain Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Park
    310 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bowne Park Recreation Center
    580 feet

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 12 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.