Hillside Avenue & 118th Street

Hillside Avenue and 118th Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Library is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Myrtle Av/Hillside Av · Q55
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 118th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,020 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Hillside Av, 300 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Hillside Av Q55 · Shelter
    300 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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 March 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and September 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Hillside Avenue (east side).

East side of 118th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 118th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 418902.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    180 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 118th Street or Hillside Avenue.

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