172nd Street & 103rd Road

The three-way junction of 172nd Street and 103rd Road is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Detective Keith L Williams Park is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Liberty Av/172 St, is 280 feet away for the Q42 and Q83, and 18 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Liberty Av/172 St · Q42, Q83
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
172nd Street & 103rd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/172 St, 280 feet away, for the Q42 and Q83.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/172 St Q42, Q83
    280 feet
    Q42 Q83

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q42 …
  2. Q83 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-15 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1920 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 swimming pool

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Keith L Williams Park
    30 feet
  2. 173rd St Playground
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Liberty Pool Swimming pool
    720 feet
  2. Detective Keith L Williams Field House Recreation center
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Road or 172nd 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.