156th Street & 65th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 156th Street and 65th Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 201 the Discovery School for Inquiry and Research is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Queens College, is 970 feet away for the Q25, and eight 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, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Kissena Blvd/Queens College · Q25
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 museum and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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156th Street & 65th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Queens College, 970 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kissena Blvd/Queens College Q25
    970 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 65th Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1,120 feet
  2. 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

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)
Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1955.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pomonok development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sycamore maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 156th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 156th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 65th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON

South side of 65th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 201 the Discovery School for Inquiry and Research School
    290 feet
  2. Ivy Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. The Child Development Center at Queens College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pomonok Playground
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Godwin-Ternbach Museum
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Queens Health Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 156th Street or 65th Avenue.

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