Hoover Avenue & Smedley Street
Hoover Avenue and Smedley Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Hills-Briarwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Israel of Briarwood is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Coolidge Av, is 1,310 feet away for the Q20, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/Coolidge Av, 1,310 feet away, for the Q20.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Coolidge Av Q201,310 feetQ20
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Hoover Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 84-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 March 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11435
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica Hills-Briarwood
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- 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.
Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Hoover Avenue
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Hoover Avenue
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Smedley Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Smedley Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Sholom, Sholom Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K880 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Briarwood House of worship1,310 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.3 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Coolidge Avenue & Smedley Street 260 feet
- 84th Avenue & Smedley Street 270 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Smedley Street 520 feet
- 84th Road & Smedley Street 520 feet
- Hoover Avenue & Daniels Street 650 feet
- 150th Street & Hoover Avenue 740 feet
- 84th Drive & Smedley Street 790 feet
- 84th Avenue & Daniels Street 890 feet
See every intersection along Hoover Avenue or Smedley Street.