157th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard
The three-way junction of 157th Street and Powells Cove Boulevard 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. In 2025, 292 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, is 250 feet away for the Q15 and Q61, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Powells Cove Blvd/158 St, 250 feet away, for the Q15 and Q61.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Powells Cove Blvd/158 St Q15, Q61250 feetQ15 Q61
Next buses at this stop
- Q15 …
- Q61 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.7 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 292 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,488th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 119 more were issued.
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
- 43 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 1930 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
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 April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Powells Cove Boulevard
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- North Shore Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Whitestone Plaza Shopping center830 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 158th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 240 feet
- 157th Street & 9th Avenue 370 feet
- 159th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 500 feet
- 157th Street & 10th Avenue 630 feet
- Powells Cove Boulevard & 154th Place 640 feet
- 160th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 760 feet
- 154th Street & Powells Cove Boulevard 770 feet
- 157th Street & 11th Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along 157th Street or Powells Cove Boulevard.