Hillside Avenue & Myrtle Avenue

Hillside Avenue and Myrtle Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. The corner is also named Alfie’s Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Richmond Hill Republican Club stands 570 feet away, built in 1908. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
980 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/Hillside Av · Q55
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Myrtle Avenue 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, 40 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 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 February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

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
57 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Alfie’s Way, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Alfie’s Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 117th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 117th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East 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
  • 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

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411820, 421581, 421582 and 422640.

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
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 051 Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 102nd Precinct Police station
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 117th Street, Hillside Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

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