147th Street & 7th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 7th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Francis Lewis Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/147 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q76, QM2 and QM32. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. 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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147th Street & 7th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/147 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q76, QM2 and QM32.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/147 St Q76, QM2, QM32
    0.4 miles
    Q76 QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …
  2. QM2 …
  3. QM32 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
51 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Francis Lewis Park
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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:

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