Liberty Avenue & 169th Street

Liberty Avenue and 169th Street meet at a three-way junction in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ashmead Park is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Liberty Av/170 St, is 240 feet away for the Q42 and Q83, and 31 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Liberty Av/170 St · Q42, Q83
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings and 2 parks, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/170 St, 240 feet away, for the Q42 and Q83.

  • 31 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/170 St Q42, Q83
    240 feet
    Q42 Q83

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q42 …
  2. Q83 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-15 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11433
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
103
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Jamaica
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ashmead Park
    310 feet
  2. Detective Keith L Williams Park
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 169th Street or Liberty Avenue.

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.