Cross Island Parkway & 165th Street
Cross Island Parkway and 165th 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. In 2025, 12,800 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Little Bay Park is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd, is 1,150 feet away for the Q16, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd, 1,150 feet away, for the Q16.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd Q161,150 feetQ16
Next buses at this stop
- Q16 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 400 feet by car along the streets.
- 17-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars3 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 March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 12,800 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 45th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,689 more were issued.
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
- 53 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 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Little Bay Park1,190 feet
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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Cross Island Parkway & 164th Street 260 feet
- 165th Street & 14th Road 390 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & Burton Street 540 feet
- 166th Street & 14th Road 610 feet
- 164th Street & 14th Road 650 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 162nd Street 780 feet
- 165th Street & Cryders Lane 870 feet
- 14th Road & Burton Street 880 feet
See every intersection along 165th Street or Cross Island Parkway.