Hillside Avenue & 162nd Street

Hillside Avenue and 162nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jamaica High School stands 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
800 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Hillside Av/163 St · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 162nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    800 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
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/163 St, 270 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 33 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/163 St Q1, Q43
    270 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

  • 29 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    960 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
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
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1931 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 162nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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: 411439 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
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    270 feet
  2. M.S. 358 School
    650 feet
  3. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 12
  1. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    650 feet
  2. Elhaam Academy School
    960 feet
  3. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  4. Hillcrest High School
    1,090 feet
  5. Early Bird III Ec Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  6. Growing Up Green CS II Elementary School
    1,130 feet
  7. New Dawn Charter High School II School
    1,130 feet
  8. Net Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  9. New York Institute of Health Careers Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    370 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Older adult center at Shelton House Older adult center
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 Fire station
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 162nd Street or Hillside Avenue.

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