149th Street & 15th Road

The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 15th Road 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. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/Cross Island Pkwy Service Rd South, is 920 feet away for the Q15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and ten places to eat.

Map

Layers
149th Street & 15th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 150 St/Cross Island Pkwy Service Rd South, 920 feet away, for the Q15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 150 St/Cross Island Pkwy Service Rd South Q15
    920 feet
    Q15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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, 360 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    230 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
    2.4 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 May 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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 149th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 15th Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKee Triangle
    290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Whitestone Post Office
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 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 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 of the 12 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.