157th Street & Foch Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 157th Street and Foch Boulevard is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd, is 520 feet away for the Q111, Q113, Q114 and three more, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd · Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115 +2
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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157th Street & Foch Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd, 520 feet away, for the Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115 and two more.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/Foch Blvd Q111, Q113, Q114, Q115 +2
    520 feet
    Q111 Q113 Q114 Q115 QM21 QM65

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q111 …
  2. Q113 …
  3. Q114 …
  4. Q115 …
  5. QM21 …
  6. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & 160th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 114-07 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 140 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Foch Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Long Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Long Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Afro-American Parents Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Clifford Glover Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Paccor Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Baisley Pond Park
    50 feet
  2. 157th St Playground
    580 feet
  3. Curtis "50 Cent" Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Baisley Park Community center
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 157th Street, Foch Boulevard or Long Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.