159th Street & 82nd Drive
The three-way junction of 159th Street and 82nd Drive is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Queens Hospital Center is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/82 Dr, is 370 feet away for the Q25, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and ten places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/82 Dr, 370 feet away, for the Q25.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Parsons Blvd/82 Dr Q25 · Shelter370 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 84-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11432
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 115 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1939.
Since 2014 at least 210 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 hospital
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic School1,290 feet
Health care
- Queens Hospital Center Hospital610 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis Listed historic place370 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & 82nd Drive 260 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Village Road at 82nd Drive 340 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Village Road 500 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Goethals Avenue 950 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Coolidge Avenue 1,000 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 159th Street 1,010 feet
- 159th Street & Goethals Avenue 1,220 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Hoover Avenue 1,260 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or 82nd Drive.