Hillside Avenue & 144th Street

Hillside Avenue and 144th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 082 Hammond is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutphin Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
7 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutphin Blvd
80 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 2 courthouses and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutphin Blvd, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    80 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-Van Wyck E
    0.4 miles
    E
  2. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av, 690 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 24 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutphin Blvd/Hillside Av Q1, Q43
    690 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Hillside Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 16 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

Five trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'October Glory' red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 144th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 412492.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 courthouses
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 082 Hammond School
    620 feet
  2. Elite Stenotype Academy Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Silvercrest Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forgiveness Assembly Church House of worship
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,230 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 144th Street or Hillside Avenue.

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