172nd Street & Jewel Avenue
The four-way crossing of 172nd Street and Jewel Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Hillcrest is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, is 1,180 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, 1,180 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av Q30, Q31, Q751,180 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 182nd Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 March 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 63 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Jewel Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K580 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground1,150 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship580 feet
- Congregation Ohr Moshe House of worship1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Jewel Avenue & 173rd Street 250 feet
- 171st Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- 172nd Street & 71st Avenue 290 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 174th Street 500 feet
- 170th Street & Jewel Avenue 500 feet
- 69th Avenue & 172nd Street 520 feet
- 71st Avenue & 171st Street 540 feet
- 169th Street & Jewel Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along 172nd Street or Jewel Avenue.