159th Street & 115th Road

The four-way crossing of 159th Street and 115th Road is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Baisley Pond Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/116 Av, is 1,000 feet away for the Q115, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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159th Street & 115th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/116 Av, 1,000 feet away, for the Q115.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/116 Av Q115
    1,000 feet
    Q115

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 115th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Baisley Pond Park
    1,150 feet
  2. 157th St Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 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.