161st Street & Goethals Avenue
The three-way junction of 161st Street and Goethals Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Goethals Av, is 620 feet away for the Q65, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Goethals Av, 620 feet away, for the Q65.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 164 St/Goethals Av Q65620 feetQ65
Next buses at this stop
- Q65 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station0.3 miles
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11432
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 fire station
- 1 hospital
Schools and child care
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School170 feet
- Kids Circle Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K640 feet
- United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Preschool790 feet
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- Queens Center for Progress Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K820 feet
- Kew Gardens Sep Preschool880 feet
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic School1,110 feet
Health care
- Queens Hospital Center Hospital1,270 feet
Houses of worship
- All Saints Lutheran Church House of worship640 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 315/Ladder 125 Fire station1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & Goethals Avenue 250 feet
- 162nd Street & Goethals Avenue 260 feet
- 159th Street & Goethals Avenue 510 feet
- 164th Street & Goethals Avenue 540 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Goethals Avenue 780 feet
- 164th Place & Goethals Avenue 910 feet
- 164th Street & 81st Avenue 970 feet
- 162nd Street & 79th Avenue 990 feet
See every intersection along 161st Street or Goethals Avenue.