Hillside Avenue & 181st Street

Hillside Avenue and 181st Street meet at a three-way junction in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Hillside Av/180 St · Q36, Q82
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & 181st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    100 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/180 St, 150 feet away, for the Q36 and Q82.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/180 St Q36, Q82
    150 feet
    Q36 Q82

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …
  2. 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

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 187-05 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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 Estates-Holliswood
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 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 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 181st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 181st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs 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
    210 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Hbcu Early College Prep School
    750 feet
  2. I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy School
    750 feet
  3. Academy of Excellence, Bell Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 095 Eastwood School
    1,220 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Conception Church Jamaica House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 178-36 Wexford Terrace Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 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 181st 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.