159th Street & 72nd Avenue
The three-way junction of 159th Street and 72nd Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Playground Seventy Five is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kissena Blvd/75 Av, is 1,070 feet away for the Q25, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kissena Blvd/75 Av, 1,070 feet away, for the Q25.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kissena Blvd/75 Av Q25 · Shelter1,070 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-15 Parsons Boulevard Gas station850 feet
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.9 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 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 February 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,500 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 2000.
Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2025 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 159th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
North side of 72nd Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10:30AM-NOON
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
- 1 police station
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K270 feet
- Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5610 feet
- P.S. 154 Queens School1,180 feet
Show all 5
- The World Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,190 feet
- Acorn Adventure Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 51,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground Seventy Five Playground790 feet
Fire and police
- 107th Precinct Police station1,280 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch650 feet
- Citizens Bank Bank branch850 feet
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch940 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,080 feet
- Aron's Kissena Farms Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy710 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 11 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:
- 160th Street & 72nd Avenue 250 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 72nd Avenue 350 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Aguilar Avenue 500 feet
- 160th Street & 73rd Avenue 500 feet
- 161st Street & 72nd Avenue 500 feet
- 72nd Avenue & Aguilar Avenue 570 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 73rd Avenue 600 feet
- 162nd Street & 72nd Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or 72nd Avenue.