164th Street & 69th Avenue

The three-way junction of 164th Street and 69th Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Emerald Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/69 Av, is 70 feet away for the QM4 and QM44, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
164 St/69 Av · QM4, QM44
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
164th Street & 69th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/69 Av, 70 feet away, for the QM4 and QM44.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/69 Av QM4, QM44
    70 feet
    QM4 QM44

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM4 …
  2. QM44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    2.2 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 164th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of 69th Avenue

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

South side of 69th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 430112, 445473 and 449547.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool
    310 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School
    740 feet
  3. P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Emerald Playground
    730 feet
  2. Electric Playground
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    70 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 164th Street or 69th Avenue.

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