Cross Bay Boulevard & 162nd Avenue

Cross Bay Boulevard and 162nd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Beach Post Office is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/163 Av, is 610 feet away for the Q41, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS and three more, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 18 places to eat.

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Cross Bay Boulevard & 162nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/163 Av, 610 feet away, for the Q41, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15 and two more.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/163 Av Q41, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15 +2
    610 feet
    Q41 Q52 SBS Q53 SBS QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …
  2. Q52 SBS …
  3. Q53 SBS …
  4. QM15 …
  5. QM16 …
  6. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-17 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1955 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Cross Bay Boulevard (east side).

West side of Cross Bay Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 442934 and 449109.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center at 160-06 Crossbay Boulevard Pre-K center
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Howard Beach Post Office
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

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