153rd Street & 61st Road
The four-way crossing of 153rd Street and 61st Road is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Queens College School for Math, Science and Technology is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/153 St, is 280 feet away for the Q88, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/153 St, 280 feet away, for the Q88.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/153 St Q88280 feetQ88
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station1,240 feet
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Queens College School for Math, Science and Technology School1,010 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Horace Harding Expressway & 153rd Street 160 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway 500 feet
- 150th Street & 61st Road 500 feet
- 61st Road & Reeves Avenue 540 feet
- 150th Street & Reeves Avenue 660 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 150th Street 660 feet
- 149th Street & 61st Road 700 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Reeves Avenue 710 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or 61st Road.