Hillside Avenue & 172nd Street

Hillside Avenue and 172nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Major Mark Park is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 30 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Hillside Av/172 St · Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 +1
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 172nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    800 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
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/172 St, 40 feet away, for the Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 and QM68.

  • 20 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/172 St Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 +1 · Shelter
    40 feet
    Q1 Q3 Q17 Q76 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q3 …
  3. Q17 …
  4. Q76 …
  5. 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

  • 22 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2012
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1955 and 1969.

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

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 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 172nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 172nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11:30AM

South side of Hillside Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 430389 and 449928.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Major John W. Mark Park.

  1. Wingdale Sculpture by Roger Bolomey, 1973
    340 feet
  2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Statue by Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1896
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    1,250 feet
  3. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 172nd 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.