168th Street & 93rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 168th Street and 93rd Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Ashmead Park is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Archer Av/168 St · Q30, Q31, Q75
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 career or business centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
168th Street & 93rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Archer Av/168 St, 50 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Archer Av/168 St Q30, Q31, Q75 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Q30 Q31 Q75
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q31 …
  3. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-15 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    200 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2022
  • Turn calming, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 476 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 168th Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 168th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 93rd Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 93rd Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 5 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Archer Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Metropolitan Career Institute Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  2. District 29 Pre-K Center at 168-42 Jamaica Avenue Pre-K center
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ashmead Park
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 92-47 165th Street Older adult center
    620 feet
  2. Queens Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,080 feet
  3. Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Community center at Conlon Lihfe Community center
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 103rd Precinct Police station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 168th Street, 93rd Avenue or Archer Avenue.

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