Hillside Avenue & 161st Street

Hillside Avenue and 161st Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity is 520 feet away, and King Manor Museum is 1,230 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 26 public places, nine of them schools, and 27 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
540 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
26 places
9 schools, 8 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.5 miles
    E J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd, 470 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 37 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd Q1, Q43
    470 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

  • 22 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
24
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Hillside Avenue (north side).

East side of 161st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 161st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403184, 403185 and 412497.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1895 and 1896.

  1. Jamaica High School Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 schools
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    520 feet
  2. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. M.S. 358 School
    910 feet
Show all 13
  1. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    910 feet
  2. Growing Up Green CS II Elementary School
    1,060 feet
  3. New Dawn Charter High School II School
    1,060 feet
  4. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    1,060 feet
  5. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  6. Net Institute Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  7. Early Bird II Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  8. Elhaam Academy School
    1,220 feet
  9. P.S. Q086 School
    1,250 feet
  10. P.S. 182 Samantha Smith School
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. King Manor Museum
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Older adult center at Shelton House Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    440 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 161st 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.