179th Street & 145th Drive

The three-way junction of 179th Street and 145th Drive is in Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Springfield Park is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Farmers Blvd/145 Dr, is 550 feet away for the Q3 and Q115, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

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179th Street & 145th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Farmers Blvd/145 Dr, 550 feet away, for the Q3 and Q115.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Farmers Blvd/145 Dr Q3, Q115 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    550 feet
    Q3 Q115
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q3 …
  2. Q115 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at South Conduit Avenue & 183rd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 145-55 Guy R Brewer Boulevard Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.6 miles

Between 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 July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family Service-Springfield GRD School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Resilience Garden
    270 feet
  2. Springfield Park
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ the King RC Church House of worship
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    700 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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