157th Street & 10th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 157th Street and 10th 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. Whitestone Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, is 880 feet away for the Q15 and Q61, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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157th Street & 10th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, 880 feet away, for the Q15 and Q61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Powells Cove Blvd/158 St Q15, Q61
    880 feet
    Q15 Q61

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q15 …
  2. Q61 …

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. 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 August 2023.

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
50 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whitestone Playground
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. North Shore Farms Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Plaza Shopping center
    940 feet
  2. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six food stores.

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 corners on foot, seven of them 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.