Hillside Avenue & Bessemer Street

Hillside Avenue and Bessemer Street meet at a three-way junction in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 980 feet to the 102nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Myrtle Av/Hillside Av · Q55
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Bessemer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    1,050 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, 190 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Hillside Avenue (east side).

North side of Bessemer Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bessemer Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hillside Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411820 and 421582.

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
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Library
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bessemer Street or Hillside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.