162nd Street & 76th Road

The four-way crossing of 162nd Street and 76th Road is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Playground Seventy Five is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/76 Rd, is 690 feet away for the Q65, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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162nd Street & 76th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/76 Rd, 690 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/76 Rd Q65
    690 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11366
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of 76th Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 76th Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 154 Queens School
    820 feet
  2. I.S. 250 the Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. Q255 School
    860 feet
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  1. Queens School of Inquiry, The School
    860 feet
  2. Sholom, Sholom Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  4. Solomon Schechter School-Queens School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Seventy Five Playground
    790 feet

Health care

  1. Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.