159th Street & 28th Avenue
The three-way junction of 159th Street and 28th Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne Park is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 29 Av/159 St, is 470 feet away for the Q16. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 29 Av/159 St, 470 feet away, for the Q16.
- 1 route within a ten-minute walk
- 29 Av/159 St Q16470 feetQ16
Next buses at this stop
- Q16 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 157-30 Willets Point Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 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 June 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11358
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 recreation center
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Working Org for Retarded Children School970 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bowne Park430 feet
- Bowne Playground670 feet
Community centers and public services
- Bowne Park Recreation Center740 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
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 28th Avenue & 158th Street 260 feet
- 160th Street & 28th Avenue 260 feet
- 159th Street & 29th Avenue 380 feet
- 157th Street & 28th Avenue 520 feet
- 28th Avenue & 161st Street 520 feet
- 160th Street & 27th Avenue 520 feet
- 160th Street & 29th Avenue 620 feet
- 158th Street & 29th Avenue 630 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or 28th Avenue.