33rd Avenue & 156th Street

The four-way crossing of 33rd Avenue and 156th Street is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bowne Park is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bayside Av/154 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q16, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.

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33rd Avenue & 156th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bayside Av/154 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bayside Av/154 St Q16
    0.3 miles
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
100 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 156th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 156th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. I Bear Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. SY Seit Preschool
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Park
    540 feet
  2. Bowne Playground
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immanuel Korean Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bowne Park Recreation Center
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 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.