159th Street & Goethals Avenue
The three-way junction of 159th Street and Goethals Avenue is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. All Saints Lutheran Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/Village Rd, is 720 feet away for the Q25, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/Village Rd, 720 feet away, for the Q25.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Parsons Blvd/Village Rd Q25720 feetQ25
Next buses at this stop
- Q25 …
Cycling
- 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 154-09 Union Turnpike Gas station1,000 feet
- 153-10 88th Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
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
- 106 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1962.
Since 2014 at least 200 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 fire station
- 1 listed historic place
Schools and child care
- Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School510 feet
- St Nicholas of Tolentine Catholic School600 feet
- Kew Gardens Sep Preschool770 feet
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- Kids Circle Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,150 feet
- United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Preschool1,310 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis Listed historic place860 feet
Houses of worship
- All Saints Lutheran Church House of worship1,150 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 315/Ladder 125 Fire station600 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 160th Street & Goethals Avenue 260 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Goethals Avenue 270 feet
- 161st Street & Goethals Avenue 510 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Village Road 720 feet
- 162nd Street & Goethals Avenue 770 feet
- Union Turnpike & Parsons Boulevard 820 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & Village Road at 82nd Drive 890 feet
- 164th Street & Goethals Avenue 1,050 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or Goethals Avenue.