Hillside Avenue & 179th Place

Hillside Avenue and 179th Place meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 464 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 095 Eastwood is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Hillside Av/179 Pl · Q2, Q3
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 179th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    60 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/179 Pl, 30 feet away, for the Q2 and Q3.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/179 Pl Q2, Q3
    30 feet
    Q2 Q3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …
  2. Q3 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 9 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. 187-05 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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, August 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 464 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,229th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 150 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
23 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry plum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 179th Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

West side of 179th Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Midland Malls.

  1. Jamaica Estates Gatehouse, 1950
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 095 Eastwood School
    710 feet
  2. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    1,150 feet
Show all 6
  1. Academy of Excellence, Bell Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  2. Hbcu Early College Prep School
    1,270 feet
  3. I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Jamaica House of worship
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    390 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 179th Place or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.