Hillside Avenue & 163rd Street

Hillside Avenue and 163rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Hillside Av/163 St · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 163rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    1,070 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, 50 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 30 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/163 St Q1, Q43
    50 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

  • 36 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
    690 feet
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1939 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and August 2025, 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 163rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 163rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 424697 and 443483.

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
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    170 feet
  2. M.S. 358 School
    380 feet
  3. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    380 feet
Show all 6
  1. Elhaam Academy School
    690 feet
  2. Early Bird III Ec Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    1,050 feet
  2. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    300 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 163rd Street or Hillside Avenue.

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