147th Street & Melbourne Avenue
The three-way junction of 147th Street and Melbourne Avenue is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. In 2025, 659 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Townsend Harris High School is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Main St/Melbourne Av, is 870 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, 870 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Main St/Melbourne Av Q20, Q44 SBS · Shelter870 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
- 6 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 67-24 Main Street Gas station1,300 feet
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.8 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 659 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,015th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 437 more were issued.
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
- 86 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1950 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 147th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 147th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
South side of Melbourne Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
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 School460 feet
Supermarkets
- Seasons Express Supermarket1,240 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 149th Street & Melbourne Avenue 140 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Avenue 270 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Road 530 feet
- 147th Street & 68th Drive 800 feet
- Main Street & Melbourne Avenue 840 feet
- 147th Street & 69th Avenue 950 feet
- Main Street & 68th Avenue 1,070 feet
- 147th Street & 69th Road 1,200 feet
See every intersection along 147th Street or Melbourne Avenue.