147th Street & 8th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 147th Street and 8th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/147 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q76, QM2 and QM32, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is 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. NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/147 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q76, QM2 and QM32.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 14 Av/147 St Q76, QM2, QM320.4 milesQ76 QM2 QM32
Next buses at this stop
- Q76 …
- QM2 …
- QM32 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.5 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2018.
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
- 53 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood 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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 147th Street & 9th Avenue 310 feet
- 147th Street & 7th Avenue 320 feet
- 147th Street & 10th Avenue 570 feet
- 147th Street & 6th Avenue 590 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 8th Avenue 610 feet
- 148th Street & 9th Avenue 800 feet
- 147th Street & 5th Avenue 860 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 9th Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or 8th Avenue.