170th Street & 118th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 170th Street and 118th Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Roy Wilkins Recreation Center is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/Foch Blvd, is 750 feet away for the Q84, Q85, Q86 and two more, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them gardens.

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170th Street & 118th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/Foch Blvd, 750 feet away, for the Q84, Q85, Q86, Q87 and Q89.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/Foch Blvd Q84, Q85, Q86, Q87 +1
    750 feet
    Q84 Q85 Q86 Q87 Q89

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q84 …
  2. Q85 …
  3. Q86 …
  4. Q87 …
  5. Q89 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & 160th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168-07 Baisley Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.4 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the blackgum.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Merrick-Marsden Neighborhood Association Garden II Garden
    690 feet
  2. Roy Wilkins Recreation Center Park
    820 feet
  3. Merrick-Marsden Neighborhood Association Garden
    890 feet
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  1. Phoenix Gate Community Garden
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Hope Lutheran Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Life Line Pentecostal Church House of worship
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. John's Farm Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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