29th Avenue & 163rd Street

The four-way crossing of 29th Avenue and 163rd Street is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Working Org for Retarded Children is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 29 Av/163 St, is 110 feet away for the Q16, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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29th Avenue & 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 29 Av/163 St, 110 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 29 Av/163 St Q16 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Q16
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 29-16 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1931 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 29th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Working Org for Retarded Children School
    330 feet
  2. Ibrain Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Park
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 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 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.