157th Street & 27th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 157th Street and 27th Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne Park is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 29 Av/158 St, is 860 feet away for the Q16, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1953, almost all in houses of one or two.

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157th Street & 27th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 29 Av/158 St, 860 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 29 Av/158 St Q16
    860 feet
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 157-30 Willets Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1935 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No standing 3 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 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Mel Catholic Academy School
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Park
    660 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mels RC Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bowne Park Recreation Center
    1,020 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 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.