169th Street & 88th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 169th Street and 88th Avenue is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Workforce1 Career Center is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1941 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
240 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
169 St/88 Av · Q3
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 career or business centers and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
169th Street & 88th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    240 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 169 St/88 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q3.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 169 St/88 Av Q3
    40 feet
    Q3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.9 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1941 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 169th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 169th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 88th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 431062.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Rising Stars Islamic School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serinor Community Garden - International Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90-20 170th Street Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  2. Queens Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet
  3. Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 169th Street or 88th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.