148th Street & 15th Avenue

The three-way junction of 148th Street and 15th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/147 St, is 770 feet away for the Q76, QM2 and QM32, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and ten places to eat.

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148th Street & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/147 St, 770 feet away, for the Q76, QM2 and QM32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/147 St Q76, QM2, QM32
    770 feet
    Q76 QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …
  2. QM2 …
  3. QM32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 430 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Between 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 December 2021.

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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis School
    370 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKee Triangle
    360 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 13 corners 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.