163rd Street & Sanford Avenue

The four-way crossing of 163rd Street and Sanford Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Station A Post Office is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sanford Av/162 St, is 170 feet away for the Q13, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Sanford Av/162 St · Q13
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
163rd Street & Sanford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sanford Av/162 St, 170 feet away, for the Q13.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sanford Av/162 St Q13
    170 feet
    Q13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sanford Avenue.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound at Clearview Expressway & 45th Road, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 166-02 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sanford Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433164, 441822, 446923 and 460546.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. International Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Studley Triangle
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Station A Post Office
    780 feet
  2. Older adult center at 42-15 166th Street Older adult center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 163rd Street or Sanford Avenue.

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