Hillside Avenue & 150th Street

Hillside Avenue and 150th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Surrogates Court is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
30 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Hillside Av/153 St · Q113, Q114
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 2 courthouses and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 150th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd F
    610 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutphin Blvd F
    890 feet
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/153 St, 760 feet away, for the Q113 and Q114.

  • 27 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/153 St Q113, Q114
    760 feet
    Q113 Q114

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q113 …
  2. Q114 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 21 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 138-50 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11435
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 33 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 150th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 150th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 10 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412181, 424074 and 425506.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 courthouses
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. American Medical Career TRN Ctr Trade or language school
    410 feet
  2. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  3. Happy Little Bear Day Care 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rufus King Park
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Surrogates Court Courthouse
    1,160 feet
  2. Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 Fire station
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 150th Street or Hillside Avenue.

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