81st Street & 156th Avenue
The three-way junction of 81st Street and 156th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Harold Schneiderman Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/157 Av, is 1,240 feet away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1958 and 1979, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 84 St/157 Av, 1,240 feet away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 84 St/157 Av Q11, Q41, QM151,240 feetQ11 Q41 QM15
Next buses at this stop
- Q11 …
- Q41 …
- QM15 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station1 mile
- 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11414
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 106
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Howard Beach-Lindenwood
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1958 and 1979.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 nature area
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Circle Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,080 feet
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 51,080 feet
- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Howard School1,190 feet
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- St Helen Catholic Academy School1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Harold Schneiderman Playground1,210 feet
- Spring Creek Park Addition Nature area1,280 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Emporium Supermarket0.4 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 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 80th Street & 156th Avenue 280 feet
- 79th Street & 156th Avenue 530 feet
- 81st Street & 155th Avenue 620 feet
- 156th Avenue & Shore Parkway 660 feet
- 78th Street & 156th Avenue 810 feet
- Belt Parkway & 84th Street 820 feet
- 80th Street & 157th Avenue at Shore Parkway 870 feet
- 80th Street & 155th Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along 156th Avenue or 81st Street.