159th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue
The three-way junction of 159th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue is in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 37 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Four Winds Playground is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 164 St/Booth Memorial Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q65, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 164 St/Booth Memorial Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q65.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 164 St/Booth Memorial Av Q650.3 milesQ65
Next buses at this stop
- Q65 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 37 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,854th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queensboro Hill
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 163 Flushing Heights School550 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park40 feet
- Four Winds Playground200 feet
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket1,230 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 260 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Booth Memorial Avenue 270 feet
- 161st Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 520 feet
- 157th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 540 feet
- 159th Street & 59th Avenue 580 feet
- 162nd Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 780 feet
- 160th Street & 59th Avenue 800 feet
- 156th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 810 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or Booth Memorial Avenue.