156th Street & Murray Street

The three-way junction of 156th Street and Murray Street is in East Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 46 Av/158 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q26 and Q27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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156th Street & Murray Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 46 Av/158 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q26 and Q27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 46 Av/158 St Q26, Q27
    0.3 miles
    Q26 Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …
  2. Q27 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 161-15 46th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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 November 2017.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 10 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.