154th Street & 17th Avenue

The three-way junction of 154th Street and 17th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. J.H.S. 194 William Carr is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Island Pkwy/Clintonville St, is 1,130 feet away for the Q61, Q76, QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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154th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Island Pkwy/Clintonville St, 1,130 feet away, for the Q61, Q76, QM2 and QM32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Island Pkwy/Clintonville St Q61, Q76, QM2, QM32
    1,130 feet
    Q61 Q76 QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …
  2. Q76 …
  3. QM2 …
  4. QM32 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 17-46 154th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 154th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 17th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 194 William Carr School
    610 feet
  2. St Luke School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clintonville Playground
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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