172nd Street & 111th Avenue

The three-way junction of 172nd Street and 111th Avenue is in St. Albans, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's FHA Repossessed Houses (Group II) development. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Archie Spigner Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/111 Av, is 280 feet away for the Q4, Q5, Q84 and four more, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Merrick Blvd/111 Av · Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 +3
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
172nd Street & 111th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/111 Av, 280 feet away, for the Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 and three more.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/111 Av Q4, Q5, Q84, Q85 +3
    280 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, 1.7 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 crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. Albans
Elevation
26 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 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's FHA Repossessed Houses (Group II) development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 36 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Tudor Revival, and built in 1931.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Archie Spigner Park
    310 feet
  2. Brinkerhoff Mall
    660 feet
  3. 174 St Playground
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 275/Ladder 133 Fire station
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,190 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 and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 111th Avenue or 172nd Street.

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