157th Street & 11th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 157th Street and 11th 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 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, is 1,140 feet away for the Q15 and Q61, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four 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 & 11th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, 1,140 feet away, for the Q15 and Q61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Powells Cove Blvd/158 St Q15, Q61
    1,140 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
    0.5 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 January 2025.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 157th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. There's No Place Like Home Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whitestone Playground
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. North Shore Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Plaza Shopping center
    1,200 feet
  2. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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 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.