Gothic Drive & Chapin Parkway

Gothic Drive and Chapin Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Captain Tilly Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1939 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
164 St/85 Av · Q65
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 1 nursing home or hospice and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gothic Drive & Chapin Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 164 St/85 Av, 1,050 feet away, for the Q65.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 164 St/85 Av Q65
    1,050 feet
    Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q65 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
121 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1939 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 138 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Chapin Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gothic Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Georgian Revival, and built between 1925 and 1927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Community Leadership School
    820 feet
  2. Hillside Arts & Letters Academy School
    820 feet
  3. Jamaica Gateway to the Sciences School · landmark
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens Collegiate: a College Board School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    20 feet
  2. Captain Tilly Playground
    220 feet
  3. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    670 feet

Health care

  1. Chapin Home for the Aging Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 85-37 168th Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Chapin Parkway, Gothic Drive or Upland Parkway.

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