89th Avenue & 163rd Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 163rd Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Adventist Jamaica Church is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 38 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Hillside Av/163 St · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
38 places
15 religious buildings, 8 trade or language schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/163 St, 690 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 39 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/163 St Q1, Q43
    690 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 274 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and March 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 163rd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 10AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424508 and 424697.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1895 and 1929.

  1. Jamaica High School Designated landmark
    460 feet
  2. Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 8 trade or language schools
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Early Bird III Ec Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Growing Up Green CS II Elementary School
    700 feet
  3. New Dawn Charter High School II School
    700 feet
Show all 16
  1. M.S. 358 School
    700 feet
  2. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    700 feet
  3. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    710 feet
  4. Net Institute Trade or language school
    800 feet
  5. New York Institute of Health Careers Trade or language school
    820 feet
  6. Early Bird II Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  7. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Mineola Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  8. Crown Business Inst-Nyc Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  9. New Allen School Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  10. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  11. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  12. Rising Stars Islamic School
    1,270 feet
  13. Nail Academy (The) Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. King Manor Museum Landmark
    1,020 feet
  2. J. Kurtz and Sons Store Building Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Central Library
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints House of worship
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Shelton House Older adult center
    300 feet
  2. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    300 feet
  3. Older adult center at 89-60 164th Street Older adult center
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Jamaica Bus Terminal
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 163rd Street or 89th Avenue.

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