Hillside Avenue & Wexford Terrace

Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Major Mark Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 169 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 19 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1941 and 1969, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
169 St
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Hillside Av/172 St · Q1, Q3, Q17, Q76 +1
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Hillside Avenue & Wexford Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 169 St, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 169 St F
    1,160 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jamaica-179 St F
    1,170 feet
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/172 St, 340 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
    340 feet
    Q1 Q3 Q17 Q76 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Hillside Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 4pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.8 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
    0.6 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11432
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1941 and 1969.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-9AM

South side of Wexford Terrace

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    70 feet
  2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Statue by Frederick Wellington Ruckstull, 1896
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Mary Louis Academy (The) School
    900 feet
  2. PM Evaluation & Therapy Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Career Development Center of Queens, Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Lutheran Church of Our Savior Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Major Mark Park
    60 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Savior Lutheran Church Jamaica House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hillside Avenue or Wexford Terrace.

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