164th Street & 85th Avenue

The three-way junction of 164th Street and 85th Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Captain Tilly Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
164 St/85 Av · Q65
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
164th Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/85 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/85 Av Q65
    40 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. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
120 feet above sea level

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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 164th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 164th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. High School for Community Leadership School
    1,300 feet
  3. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    1,300 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School
    1,300 feet
  2. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    380 feet
  2. Captain Tilly Playground
    790 feet
  3. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    760 feet
  2. Chapin Home for the Aging Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and 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 or 85th Avenue.

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.