168th Street & Jewel Avenue
The four-way crossing of 168th Street and Jewel Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Hillcrest is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jewel Av/164 St, is 1,120 feet away for the Q64, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 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, 1,120 feet away, for the Q64.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jewel Av/164 St Q641,120 feetQ64
Next buses at this stop
- Q64 …
Cycling
- 3 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.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.7 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 October 2022.
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)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 47 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 1945 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K440 feet
- Birch Family Services - Susser School1,190 feet
- Universal Assessment and Consulting Preschool1,240 feet
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- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership School1,260 feet
- P.S./M.S. 200 - the Pomonok School & Star Academy Pre-K1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Emerald Playground1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship440 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 167th Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- 169th Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- 168th Street & 71st Avenue 360 feet
- 166th Street & Jewel Avenue 500 feet
- 170th Street & Jewel Avenue 500 feet
- 168th Street & 69th Avenue 530 feet
- 169th Street & 71st Avenue 600 feet
- 167th Street & 71st Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along 168th Street or Jewel Avenue.