149th Street & 8th Road

The three-way junction of 149th Street and 8th Road is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 150 St/11 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q15, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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149th Street & 8th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 150 St/11 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q15.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 150 St/11 Av Q15
    0.3 miles
    Q15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.8 miles

No 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 August 2017.

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
72 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 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

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 of the 11 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.