15th Avenue & 15th Road

The three-way junction of 15th Avenue and 15th Road is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/147 St, is 620 feet away for the Q76, QM2 and QM32, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and eight places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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15th Avenue & 15th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/147 St, 620 feet away, for the Q76, QM2 and QM32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/147 St Q76, QM2, QM32
    620 feet
    Q76 QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …
  2. QM2 …
  3. QM32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 570 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    410 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis School
    230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKee Triangle
    500 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 295/Ladder 144 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Whitestone Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.