155th Street & 17th Avenue

The three-way junction of 155th Street and 17th Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Clintonville Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Francis Lewis Blvd/17 Av, is 900 feet away for the Q61 and Q76, 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.

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155th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Francis Lewis Blvd/17 Av, 900 feet away, for the Q61 and Q76.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Francis Lewis Blvd/17 Av Q61, Q76
    900 feet
    Q61 Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …
  2. Q76 …

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
    0.3 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Between 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 March 2021.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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
    370 feet
  2. St Luke School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clintonville Playground
    30 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lukes RC Church House of worship
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 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.