166th Street & 116th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 166th Street and 116th Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Curtis "50 Cent" Community Garden is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and three more, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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166th Street & 116th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115 and two more.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115 +2 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q111 Q113 Q114 Q115 QM21 QM65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …
  2. Q113 …
  3. Q114 …
  4. Q115 …
  5. QM21 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 114-07 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 116th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 166th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 140 Edward K Ellington School
    280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Curtis "50 Cent" Community Garden
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. John's Farm Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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