166th Street & Jewel Avenue
The four-way crossing of 166th Street and Jewel Avenue is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Young Israel of Hillcrest is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/164 St, is 620 feet away for the Q64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jewel Av/164 St, 620 feet away, for the Q64.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/164 St Q64620 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 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 July 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are 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 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the red maple and the sweetgum.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool740 feet
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School760 feet
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K760 feet
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- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K940 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Emerald Playground750 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship940 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket980 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 167th Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- 165th Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- 166th Street & 71st Avenue 410 feet
- 168th Street & Jewel Avenue 500 feet
- 166th Street & 69th Avenue 520 feet
- 164th Street & Jewel Avenue 530 feet
- 167th Street & 71st Avenue 640 feet
- 165th Street & 71st Avenue 660 feet
See every intersection along 166th Street or Jewel Avenue.