166th Street & Goethals Avenue

The four-way crossing of 166th Street and Goethals Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. All Saints Lutheran Church is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Goethals Av, is 1,000 feet away for the Q65, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

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166th Street & Goethals Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Goethals Av, 1,000 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/Goethals Av Q65 · Shelter
    1,000 feet
    Q65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 164-01 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Goethals Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Goethals Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Circle Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Preschool
    980 feet
  3. Queens Center for Progress Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
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  1. Tiny Footsteps Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Lutheran Church House of worship
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.

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 nearest of the 10 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.