Hillside Avenue & 122nd Street

Hillside Avenue and 122nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Richmond Hill Post Office is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and six places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
770 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Jamaica Av/121 St · J90, T340
Within a walk
4 places
1 library, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 122nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/121 St, 770 feet away, for the J90 and T340.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/121 St J90, T340
    770 feet
    J90 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

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
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 122nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of 122nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 7AM-7:30AM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

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
    710 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Richmond Hill Post Office
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 122nd Street or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.