162nd Street & Highland Avenue

The four-way crossing of 162nd Street and Highland Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hillcrest High School is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
970 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
164 St/Highland Av · Q65
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
162nd Street & Highland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    970 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Highland Av, 370 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 25 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/Highland Av Q65
    370 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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)
Jamaica
Elevation
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1962.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Highland Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Highland Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Revival, and built between 1895 and 1896.

  1. Jamaica High School Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  2. Hillcrest High School
    540 feet
  3. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. M.S. 358 School
    1,200 feet
  2. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    1,200 feet
  3. Elhaam Academy School
    1,210 feet
  4. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    1,230 feet
  5. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    740 feet
  2. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 162nd Street or Highland Avenue.

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