Horace Harding Expressway & 160th Street

Horace Harding Expressway and 160th Street meet at a three-way junction in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, is 430 feet away for the Q17 and Q88, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1966, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Horace Harding Expressway & 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, 430 feet away, for the Q17 and Q88.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd Q17, Q88
    430 feet
    Q17 Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q88 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Horace Harding Expressway (north side).

East side of 160th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON

West side of 160th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 433692.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Supermarkets

  1. Queens Health Emporium Supermarket
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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