150th Street & Sanford Avenue

The three-way junction of 150th Street and Sanford Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sanford Av/Murray St, is 220 feet away for the Q13 and Q65, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Sanford Av/Murray St · Q13, Q65
Within a walk
22 places
16 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
150th Street & Sanford Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sanford Av/Murray St, 220 feet away, for the Q13 and Q65.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sanford Av/Murray St Q13, Q65
    220 feet
    Q13 Q65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …
  2. Q65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sanford Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at Booth Memorial Avenue & College Point Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11355
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 150th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 150th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sanford Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Flushing Christian School
    380 feet
  2. Joy Learning Garden Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  3. P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson School
    750 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Light Pre-K Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Murray Hill Playground
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flushing First Presbyt Church House of worship
    370 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 52/Engine 274 Fire station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 150th Street or Sanford Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.