84th Avenue & 168th Place

The four-way crossing of 84th Avenue and 168th Place is in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph Austin Playground is 760 feet away, and Hillside Arts & Letters Academy is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them schools. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Homelawn St/84 Rd · Q31
Within a walk
8 places
6 schools, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
84th Avenue & 168th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Homelawn St/84 Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q31.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Homelawn St/84 Rd Q31
    0.3 miles
    Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
129 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 168th Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 168th Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 84th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 84th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School
    690 feet
  2. P.S. 131 Abigail Adams School
    830 feet
  3. High School for Community Leadership School
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    960 feet
  2. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School · landmark
    960 feet
  3. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Joseph Austin Playground
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 168th Place or 84th Avenue.

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