164th Place & Goethals Avenue
The four-way crossing of 164th Place and Goethals Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens, and is also named Detective Raymond Abear Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Goethals Av, is 470 feet away for the Q65, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Goethals Av, 470 feet away, for the Q65.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 164 St/Goethals Av Q65 · Shelter470 feetQ65
Next buses at this stop
- Q65 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 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 July 2024.
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)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 84 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Detective Raymond Abear Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Detective Raymond Abear Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Goethals Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 hospital
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Kids Circle Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K280 feet
- United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Preschool460 feet
- Queens Center for Progress Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K650 feet
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- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School1,080 feet
Health care
- Queens Hospital Center Hospital1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- All Saints Lutheran Church House of worship280 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch1,060 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.
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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 165th Street & Goethals Avenue 270 feet
- 164th Street & Goethals Avenue 360 feet
- 81st Avenue & 164th Place 460 feet
- 166th Street & Goethals Avenue 530 feet
- 164th Place & 82nd Road 550 feet
- 162nd Street & Goethals Avenue 650 feet
- 165th Street & 81st Avenue 720 feet
- 164th Street & 81st Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along 164th Place or Goethals Avenue.