81st Street & 157th Avenue
The three-way junction of 81st Street and 157th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Helen Catholic Academy is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/157 Av, is 890 feet away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1979, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 84 St/157 Av, 890 feet away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 84 St/157 Av Q11, Q41, QM15890 feetQ11 Q41 QM15
Next buses at this stop
- Q11 …
- Q41 …
- QM15 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station0.9 miles
- 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.8 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 July 2015.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1960 and 1979.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 nature area
Schools and child care
- St Helen Catholic Academy School810 feet
- Circle Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,050 feet
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 51,050 feet
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- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Howard School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Spring Creek Park Nature area1,200 feet
Houses of worship
- St Helens Church House of worship410 feet
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 82nd Street & 157th Avenue 320 feet
- 80th Street & 157th Avenue 330 feet
- 81st Street & 158th Avenue 480 feet
- 83rd Street & 157th Avenue 580 feet
- 80th Street & 158th Avenue 640 feet
- 82nd Street & 158th Avenue 760 feet
- 79th Street & 158th Avenue 780 feet
- 84th Street & 157th Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along 157th Avenue or 81st Street.