165th Street & 85th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 165th Street and 85th Avenue is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Captain Tilly Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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

Map

Layers
165th Street & 85th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/85 Av, 310 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/85 Av Q65
    310 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, 0.8 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
125 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 165th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 165th Street

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

North side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten 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
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Community Leadership School
    940 feet
  2. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    940 feet
  3. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School · landmark
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    940 feet
  2. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    20 feet
  2. Captain Tilly Playground
    440 feet
  3. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    770 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 165th Street or 85th Avenue.

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