Hillside Avenue & 170th Street

Hillside Avenue and 170th Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Major Mark Park is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 32 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
21 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Hillside Av/169 St · Q43
Within a walk
5 places
1 garden, 1 older adult center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 170th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    250 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/169 St, 220 feet away, for the Q43.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/169 St Q43
    220 feet
    Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 19 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
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
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 Estates-Holliswood
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1963.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 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 170th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 170th Street

  • Carshare only 2 signs CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 449928.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    860 feet
  2. Serinor Community Garden - International Towers (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 90-20 170th Street Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 170th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.