153rd Street & Bayside Avenue
The three-way junction of 153rd Street and Bayside Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Mel Catholic Academy is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bayside Av/154 St, is 170 feet away for the Q16, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bayside Av/154 St, 170 feet away, for the Q16.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bayside Av/154 St Q16170 feetQ16
Next buses at this stop
- Q16 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 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 February 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11354
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 89 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 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 September 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 153rd Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
West side of 153rd Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
South side of Bayside Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- St Mel Catholic Academy School1,100 feet
- Little Genius Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,130 feet
- The Corner School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bowne Park600 feet
Houses of worship
- St Mels RC Church House of worship1,030 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Bayside Avenue & 152nd Street 260 feet
- 154th Street & Bayside Avenue 270 feet
- 29th Avenue & 154th Street 340 feet
- 155th Street & 29th Avenue 550 feet
- 32nd Avenue & 153rd Street 580 feet
- Murray Street & Bayside Avenue 610 feet
- 28th Avenue & 154th Street 610 feet
- 29th Avenue & Murray Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or Bayside Avenue.