Cross Island Parkway & 161st Street
Cross Island Parkway and 161st Street meet at a three-way junction in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Cross Island Pkwy/160 St, is 310 feet away for the QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cross Island Pkwy/160 St, 310 feet away, for the QM2 and QM32.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cross Island Pkwy/160 St QM2, QM32310 feetQM2 QM32
Next buses at this stop
- QM2 …
- QM32 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 17-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.9 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 February 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11357
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Whitestone-Beechhurst
- Elevation
- 61 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Cross Island Parkway & 162nd Street 260 feet
- 161st Street & Cryders Lane 460 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 159th Street 520 feet
- 160th Street & Cryders Lane 670 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 159th Street 760 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 164th Street 780 feet
- 162nd Street & Cryders Lane 800 feet
- 159th Street & Cryders Lane 870 feet
See every intersection along 161st Street or Cross Island Parkway.