63rd Street & Hicks Drive

The three-way junction of 63rd Street and Hicks Drive is in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
780 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Woodside Av/61 St · Q70 SBS
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
63rd Street & Hicks Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    780 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodside Av/61 St, 690 feet away, for the Q70 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodside Av/61 St Q70 SBS
    690 feet
    Q70 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q70 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & Woodside Ave 20 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-11 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 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 1963.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hicks Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hicks Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 63rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.