168th Street & Gothic Drive

The four-way crossing of 168th Street and Gothic Drive is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Captain Tilly Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Homelawn St/Highland Av · Q31
Within a walk
9 places
4 schools, 1 older adult center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
168th Street & Gothic Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Homelawn St/Highland Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q31.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Homelawn St/Highland Av Q31
    0.3 miles
    Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024

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)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1939 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 168th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 168th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Gothic Drive

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gothic Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Community Leadership School
    850 feet
  2. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    850 feet
  3. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School · landmark
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    600 feet
  2. Captain Tilly Playground
    790 feet
  3. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 85-37 168th Street Older adult center
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 168th Street or Gothic Drive.

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