86th Street & 163rd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 86th Street and 163rd Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens, and is also named Valentina’s Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Spring Creek Park is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/163 Av, is 550 feet away for the Q41, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 84 St/163 Av, 550 feet away, for the Q41.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 84 St/163 Av Q41550 feetQ41
Next buses at this stop
- Q41 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 161-17 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11414
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 106
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Howard Beach-Lindenwood
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Valentina’s Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1960 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Valentina’s Way.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Spring Creek Park Nature area870 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 87th Street & 163rd Avenue 260 feet
- 85th Street & 163rd Avenue 260 feet
- 86th Street & 162nd Avenue 500 feet
- 88th Street & 163rd Avenue 520 feet
- 84th Street & 163rd Avenue 530 feet
- 86th Street & 164th Avenue 740 feet
- 87th Street & 162nd Avenue 760 feet
- 85th Street & 162nd Avenue 760 feet
See every intersection along 163rd Avenue or 86th Street.