153rd Street & 70th Road
The three-way junction of 153rd Street and 70th Road is in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Vleigh Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av, is 770 feet away for the Q25, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av, 770 feet away, for the Q25.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Jewel Av Q25770 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 7 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11367
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kew Gardens Hills
- Elevation
- 74 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 153rd Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 153rd Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
North side of 70th Road
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Ivy International USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K230 feet
- P.S. 165 Edith K. Bergtraum School630 feet
- Judi`s Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K880 feet
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- Yeshiva of Central Queens School990 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Vleigh Playground40 feet
- Legacy Park1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Kissena Boulevard & 70th Road 300 feet
- 71st Avenue & Kissena Boulevard 580 feet
- 150th Street & 70th Road 700 feet
- Jewel Avenue & Kissena Boulevard 870 feet
- 71st Avenue & 156th Street 920 feet
- 150th Street & 71st Avenue 970 feet
- 150th Street & 71st Road 1,220 feet
- 150th Street & Jewel Avenue 1,260 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or 70th Road.