161st Street & Riverside Drive
The three-way junction of 161st Street and Riverside Drive is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 162 St/Powells Cove Blvd, is 730 feet away for the Q15, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 162 St/Powells Cove Blvd, 730 feet away, for the Q15.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 162 St/Powells Cove Blvd Q15730 feetQ15
Next buses at this stop
- Q15 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.9 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11357
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Whitestone-Beechhurst
- Elevation
- 39 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 1945 and 1956.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Whitestone Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & Riverside Drive 340 feet
- 161st Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 500 feet
- 159th Street & Riverside Drive 600 feet
- 162nd Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 710 feet
- 160th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 790 feet
- 159th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 1,060 feet
- 162nd Street & 9th Avenue 1,080 feet
- 160th Street & 9th Avenue 1,160 feet
See every intersection along 161st Street or Riverside Drive.