163rd Street & 16th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 163rd Street and 16th Avenue is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Willets Point Playground is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Willets Point Blvd/16 Av, is 660 feet away for the QM20, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Willets Point Blvd/16 Av, 660 feet away, for the QM20.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Willets Point Blvd/16 Av QM20660 feetQM20
Next buses at this stop
- QM20 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 17-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 December 2023.
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)
- Bay Terrace-Clearview
- Elevation
- 66 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 in 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 16th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 16th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Willets Point Playground890 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 163rd Street & 16th Road 260 feet
- 163rd Street & 15th Drive 260 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 163rd Street 420 feet
- 163rd Street & 17th Avenue 520 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 16th Avenue 650 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 16th Road 680 feet
- 160th Street & 16th Avenue 730 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 17th Avenue 740 feet
See every intersection along 163rd Street or 16th Avenue.