171st Street & 84th Road

The three-way junction of 171st Street and 84th Road is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 131 Abigail Adams is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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171st Street & 84th Road Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 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/84 Rd, 490 feet away, for the Q31.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Homelawn St/84 Rd Q31
    490 feet
    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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    2.6 miles

Between 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 May 2022.

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
126 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 171st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 171st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 84th Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 131 Abigail Adams School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tepper Triangle
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 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.