164th Street & 84th Drive

The four-way crossing of 164th Street and 84th Drive is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph Austin Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/84 Dr, is 50 feet away for the Q65, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
164 St/84 Dr · Q65
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
164th Street & 84th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/84 Dr, 50 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/84 Dr Q65
    50 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 84-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
126 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 84th Drive

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 84th Drive

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Chapin Parkway

  • Doctor plates only 1 sign DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Community Leadership School
    1,190 feet
  2. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    1,190 feet
  3. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    810 feet
  2. Joseph Austin Playground
    820 feet
  3. Captain Tilly Playground
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    260 feet
  2. Chapin Home for the Aging Nursing home or hospice
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 164th Street, 84th Drive or Chapin Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.