Lithonia Avenue & 170th Place
Lithonia Avenue and 170th Place meet at a three-way junction in East Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Park is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Pidgeon Meadow Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q31, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Pidgeon Meadow Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q31.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Pidgeon Meadow Rd Q310.3 milesQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 182nd Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 162-05 46th Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.6 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.3 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 November 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flushing
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Shumard's oak and the red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Lithonia Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park910 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park1,010 feet
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 170th Street & Lithonia Avenue 220 feet
- 171st Street & Underhill Avenue 330 feet
- Pidgeon Meadow Road & 170th Place 340 feet
- 169th Street & Lithonia Avenue 490 feet
- 171st Street & Pidgeon Meadow Road 570 feet
- Pidgeon Meadow Road & Auburndale Lane 600 feet
- 168th Street & Lithonia Avenue 740 feet
- Auburndale Lane & Gladwin Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along 170th Place or Lithonia Avenue.