153rd Street & Booth Memorial Avenue
The three-way junction of 153rd Street and Booth Memorial Avenue is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Captain Mario Fajardo Playground is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, is 400 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, 400 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av Q17, Q25400 feetQ17 Q25
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q25 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
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)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park40 feet
- Captain Mario Fajardo Playground200 feet
- Kissena Park450 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 58th Avenue & 153rd Street 300 feet
- Kissena Boulevard & Booth Memorial Avenue 390 feet
- 153rd Street & 58th Road 560 feet
- 150th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 720 feet
- 58th Avenue & Kissena Boulevard 730 feet
- 155th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 770 feet
- 59th Avenue & 153rd Street 820 feet
- 150th Street & 58th Avenue 970 feet
See every intersection along 153rd Street or Booth Memorial Avenue.