157th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way
The three-way junction of 157th Street and Tuskegee Airmen Way is in Jamaica, Queens, and is also named 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Emmanu-El in Zion Temple Grace is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Tuskegee Airmen Way/155 St, is 500 feet away for the Q112, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Tuskegee Airmen Way/155 St, 500 feet away, for the Q112.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Tuskegee Airmen Way/155 St Q112500 feetQ112
Next buses at this stop
- Q112 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 97-50 Sutphin Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-19 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 60 Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11433
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Jamaica
- Elevation
- 34 feet above sea level
This corner is also named 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion Lane, a co-naming enacted on July 9, 2014 (Local Law 34 of 2014).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion Lane.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Tuskegee Airmen Way
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 10 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- Emmanu-El in Zion Temple Grace House of worship920 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 156th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 270 feet
- 159th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 460 feet
- 155th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 550 feet
- 157th Street & 107th Avenue 680 feet
- 160th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 700 feet
- 154th Street & Tuskegee Airmen Way 820 feet
- 107th Avenue & 156th Street 880 feet
- 155th Street & 107th Avenue 1,060 feet
See every intersection along 157th Street or Tuskegee Airmen Way.