162nd Street & 79th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 162nd Street and 79th Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Engine 315/Ladder 125 firehouse is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/164 St, is 380 feet away for the Q45, Q46, Q48 and seven more, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Union Tpke/164 St · Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 +6
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
162nd Street & 79th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/164 St, 380 feet away, for the Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 and six more.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/164 St Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 +6
    380 feet
    Q45 Q46 Q48 QM1 QM5 QM6 QM7 QM8 QM31 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …
  2. Q46 …
  3. Q48 …
  4. QM1 …
  5. QM5 …
  6. QM6 …
  7. QM7 …
  8. QM8 …
  9. QM31 …
  10. QM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

North side of 79th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 79th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Kew Gardens Sep Preschool
    690 feet
  2. Rainbow Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Al-Mamoor School
    1,210 feet
  2. Kids Circle Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ketana of Queens School
    1,270 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 315/Ladder 125 Fire station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 162nd Street or 79th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.