157th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue
The three-way junction of 157th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, is 950 feet away for the Q17 and Q25, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av, 950 feet away, for the Q17 and Q25.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/Booth Memorial Av Q17, Q25950 feetQ17 Q25
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q25 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.
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)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 22 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 1945 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 73 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 February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Booth Memorial Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 163 Flushing Heights School1,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park50 feet
- Four Winds Playground740 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park960 feet
Show all 4
- Captain Mario Fajardo Playground990 feet
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket0.3 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 156th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 270 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Booth Memorial Avenue 270 feet
- 155th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 530 feet
- 159th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 540 feet
- 157th Street & 59th Avenue 660 feet
- 58th Avenue & 155th Street 750 feet
- 160th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 810 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 59th Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along 157th Street or Booth Memorial Avenue.