Hillside Avenue & Babbage Street

Hillside Avenue and Babbage Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Myrtle Av/Hillside Av · Q55
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Babbage Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    980 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Hillside Av, 260 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Hillside Av Q55 · Shelter
    260 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY NOON-1:30PM

West side of Babbage Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Hillside Avenue

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

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Colonial Revival, and built in 1908.

  1. Richmond Hill Republican Club Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Library
    230 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Babbage Street or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.