166th Street & 26th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 166th Street and 26th Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Auburndale Library is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Francis Lewis Blvd/25 Av, is 700 feet away for the Q76, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and eight places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Francis Lewis Blvd/25 Av, 700 feet away, for the Q76.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Francis Lewis Blvd/25 Av Q76700 feetQ76
Next buses at this stop
- Q76 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 29-16 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11358
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 78 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1940 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 26th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Ibrain Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K630 feet
- Working Org for Retarded Children School1,110 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Auburndale Library720 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 166th Street & Bayside Lane 60 feet
- 26th Avenue & Bayside Lane 70 feet
- 166th Street & 25th Drive 260 feet
- 166th Street & 27th Avenue 260 feet
- 165th Street & Bayside Lane 320 feet
- 25th Drive & Bayside Lane 350 feet
- 165th Street & 27th Avenue 420 feet
- 27th Avenue & Bayside Lane 480 feet
See every intersection along 166th Street or 26th Avenue.