169th Street & 111th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 169th Street and 111th Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Archie Spigner Park is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/111 Av, is 510 feet away for the Q4, Q5, Q84 and four more, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Merrick Blvd/111 Av · Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 +3
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
169th Street & 111th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/111 Av, 510 feet away, for the Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 and three more.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/111 Av Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 +3
    510 feet
    Q4 Q5 Q84 Q85 Q86 Q87 Q89

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q4 …
  2. Q5 …
  3. Q84 …
  4. Q85 …
  5. Q86 …
  6. Q87 …
  7. Q89 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 171-01 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 October 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Greenspire' littleleaf linden and the 'October Glory' red maple.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Archie Spigner Park
    700 feet
  2. Brinkerhoff Mall
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God Jamaica House of worship
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 275/Ladder 133 Fire station
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. John's Farm Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Avenue or 169th Street.

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