Hillside Avenue & Wexford Terrace at Kingston Place

Hillside Avenue, Wexford Terrace and Kingston Place meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Jamaica-179 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jamaica-179 St
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Hillside Av/172 St · Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 +1
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Wexford Terrace at Kingston Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jamaica-179 St, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    1,130 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 169 St F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/172 St, 510 feet away, for the Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 and QM68.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/172 St Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 +1 · Shelter
    510 feet
    Q1 Q3 Q17 Q76 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …
  2. Q3 …
  3. Q17 …
  4. Q76 …
  5. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 165-01 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1969.

Since 2014 at least 49 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 12 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • NYP plates only 1 sign NYP LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Kingston Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of Kingston Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of Kingston Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wexford Terrace

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Major John W. Mark Park.

  1. Wingdale Sculpture by Roger Bolomey, 1973
    200 feet
  2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Statue by Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1896
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    730 feet
  2. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. The Lutheran Church of Our Savior Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Academy of Excellence, Bell Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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, Kingston Place or Wexford Terrace.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.