164th Street & Jewel Avenue
The four-way crossing of 164th Street and Jewel Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 3,092 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Emerald Playground is 220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/164 St, is 90 feet away for the Q64, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/164 St, 90 feet away, for the Q64.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/164 St Q6490 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Jewel Avenue.
- 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers2.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 7 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 2016
- Safety Improvement Project, 2017
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 3,092 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 288th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,799 more were issued.
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
- 62 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to six travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 55 signs on these blocks
- 13 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2023 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 164th Street
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
West side of 164th Street
- No parking 16 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of Jewel Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of Jewel Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 430112.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School230 feet
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K230 feet
- Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool390 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Emerald Playground220 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket580 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 165th Street & Jewel Avenue 280 feet
- 164th Street & 71st Avenue 450 feet
- 164th Street & 69th Avenue 520 feet
- 166th Street & Jewel Avenue 530 feet
- 165th Street & 71st Avenue 710 feet
- 71st Avenue & 163rd Street 730 feet
- 167th Street & Jewel Avenue 780 feet
- 69th Avenue & 165th Street 790 feet
See every intersection along 164th Street or Jewel Avenue.