Hillside Avenue & Parsons Boulevard

Hillside Avenue and Parsons Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 80 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 753 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Adventist Jamaica Church is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Parsons Blvd, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Hillside Avenue, all day.

Safety record
52 hurt
80 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parsons Blvd
70 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd · Q1, Q43
Within a walk
25 places
13 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Parsons Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parsons Blvd, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd F
    70 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. F …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica Ctr-Parsons/Archer E, J, Z
    0.4 miles
    E J Z
  2. Sutphin Blvd F
    0.4 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd, 70 feet away, for the Q1 and Q43.

  • 34 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/Parsons Blvd Q1, Q43
    70 feet
    Q1 Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Hillside Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Parsons Boulevard.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 80 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 52 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 15 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019
  • Turn calming, February 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 753 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 937th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 370 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Hillside Avenue424234
Eastbound on Hillside Avenue329136
Total753370

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
24 and 27 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
103 and 107 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jamaica
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 13 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Parsons Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403182 and 412497.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. New York Center for Medical Assistan Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. Young Women's Leadership School, Queens School
    560 feet
  3. P.S. Q086 School
    740 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. 182 Samantha Smith School
    750 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. American Medical Career TRN Ctr Trade or language school
    930 feet
  4. Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity School
    1,020 feet
  5. Hillcrest High School
    1,050 feet
  6. Ezra Jack Keats Pre-K Center at 153-36 89th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,120 feet
  7. Bright Beginnings Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Adventist Jamaica Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jamaica YMCA Recreation center
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 50/Engine 298/Ladder 127 Fire station
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mannan Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 18 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 Hillside Avenue or Parsons Boulevard.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.