164th Street & 109th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 164th Street and 109th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jamaica Children's School is 830 feet away, and South Jamaica Community Center is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, is 290 feet away for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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164th Street & 109th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and Q115.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/109 Av Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115
    290 feet
    Q111 Q113 Q114 Q115

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …
  2. Q113 …
  3. Q114 …
  4. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 108-46 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 164th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Jamaica Children's School
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 040 Samuel Huntington School
    830 feet
  3. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
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  1. J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley School
    1,260 feet
  2. The Emerson School
    1,260 feet
  3. York Early College Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Discovery Community Garden 2 Garden
    530 feet
  2. Jamaica Playground
    840 feet
  3. Latimer Playground
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Jamaica Library
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Jamaica Community Center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four 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:

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