115th Street & Bessemer Street

The three-way junction of 115th Street and Bessemer Street is in Richmond Hill, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
121 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Park LN South/115 St · Q37
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
115th Street & Bessemer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park LN South/115 St, 760 feet away, for the Q37.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park LN South/115 St Q37
    760 feet
    Q37

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q37 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shaar Hatorah High School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    320 feet
  2. Forest Park
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Resurrection Church Kew Gardens Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 115th Street or Bessemer Street.

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