156th Street & Kalmia Avenue
The three-way junction of 156th Street and Kalmia Avenue is in East Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Marys Nativity St Ann RC Church is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/158 St, is 1,020 feet away for the Q26 and Q27, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/158 St, 1,020 feet away, for the Q26 and Q27.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 46 Av/158 St Q26, Q271,020 feetQ26 Q27
Next buses at this stop
- Q26 …
- Q27 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 May 2016.
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)
- East Flushing
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Ucp of NYC - the Clearview School910 feet
- Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Marys Nativity St Ann RC Church House of worship930 feet
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 156th Street & Jasmine Avenue 250 feet
- 156th Street & Laburnum Avenue 260 feet
- 157th Street & Laburnum Avenue 520 feet
- 46th Avenue & 156th Street 530 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Kalmia Avenue 570 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Laburnum Avenue 700 feet
- 158th Street & Laburnum Avenue 770 feet
- 157th Street & 46th Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along 156th Street or Kalmia Avenue.