Hillside Avenue & 168th Place

Hillside Avenue and 168th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Central Library is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1964, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
290 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hillside Av/168 Pl · Q1, Q17, Q36, Q82
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 168th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    290 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/168 Pl, 40 feet away, for the Q1, Q17, Q36 and Q82.

  • 23 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/168 Pl Q1, Q17, Q36, Q82
    40 feet
    Q1 Q17 Q36 Q82

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q17 …
  3. Q36 …
  4. Q82 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Turn calming, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1930 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 168th Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 168th Place

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

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 439047, 445430 and 445431.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    420 feet
  2. Rising Stars Islamic School
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Library
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 85-37 168th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    610 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 168th Place 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.