Hillside Avenue & 167th Street

Hillside Avenue and 167th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elhaam Academy is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Hillside Av/166 St · QM68
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 167th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    310 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Parsons Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/166 St, 210 feet away, for the QM68.

  • 36 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/166 St QM68 · Shelter
    210 feet
    QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Hillside Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    640 feet
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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 Hills-Briarwood
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1940 and 1962.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 167th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 167th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 436328 and 436329.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 bus terminal
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Elhaam Academy School
    870 feet
  2. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    950 feet
  3. M.S. 358 School
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Queens School for Leadership and Excellence School
    960 feet
  2. Rising Stars Islamic School
    1,000 feet
  3. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Tilly Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Captain George H Tilly Monument in Captain Tilly Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica Post Office Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Other places

  1. Jamaica Bus Terminal
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 167th 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.