164th Street & Underhill Avenue

The three-way junction of 164th Street and Underhill Avenue is in East Flushing, Queens, at the edge of Kissena Park. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The incised boulder “Kissena Park World War I Monument” is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Metcalf Av, is 290 feet away for the Q65. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 70 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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164th Street & Underhill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Metcalf Av, 290 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/Metcalf Av Q65
    290 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Underhill Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 162-05 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flushing; the corner is on the edge of the Kissena Park area
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 70 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 1950 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 164th Street

  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Kissena Park.

  1. Kissena Park World War I Monument Incised boulder by Anthony V. Grande, 1921
    770 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Park
    60 feet

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, two of them within a three-minute walk:

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