157th Street & 33rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 157th Street and 33rd 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 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 29 Av/159 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q16, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

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157th Street & 33rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 29 Av/159 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 29 Av/159 St Q16
    0.3 miles
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
91 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 157th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 157th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I Bear Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Park
    570 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immanuel Korean Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bowne Park Recreation Center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. New Age Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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