147th Street & 68th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 68th Avenue is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Townsend Harris High School is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Melbourne Av, is 1,070 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Main St/Melbourne Av, 1,070 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Melbourne Av Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter1,070 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
- 9 bicycle racks 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 February 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 87 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 28 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 147th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 147th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 68th Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of 68th Avenue
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Townsend Harris High School730 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket970 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 147th Street & 68th Road 260 feet
- 147th Street & Melbourne Avenue 270 feet
- 149th Street & Melbourne Avenue 410 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Drive 530 feet
- 147th Street & 69th Avenue 680 feet
- Main Street & 68th Avenue 800 feet
- 147th Street & 69th Road 930 feet
- Main Street & Melbourne Avenue 1,050 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or 68th Avenue.