89th Avenue & 170th Street

The four-way crossing of 89th Avenue and 170th Street is in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Workforce1 Career Center is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1936 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
169 St/88 Av · Q3
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 career or business centers and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
89th Avenue & 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    850 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 169 St/88 Av, 660 feet away, for the Q3.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 169 St/88 Av Q3
    660 feet
    Q3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1936 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 170th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 89th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    850 feet
  2. Rising Stars Islamic School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Serinor Community Garden - International Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90-20 170th Street Older adult center
    530 feet
  2. Queens Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet
  3. Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 170th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.