35th Avenue & 161st Street

The four-way crossing of 35th Avenue and 161st Street is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy is 1,240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/159 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q12 and Q28, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Northern Blvd/159 St · Q12, Q28
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
35th Avenue & 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/159 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q12 and Q28.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/159 St Q12, Q28 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    Q12 Q28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 161st Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 161st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 35th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 443708.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Andrew Avellino School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    920 feet
  2. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  3. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Studley Triangle
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Broadway-Flushing Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and three food stores.

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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 161st Street or 35th Avenue.

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.