81st Street & 159th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 159th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Spring Creek Park is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 84 St/157 Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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81st Street & 159th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 84 St/157 Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 84 St/157 Av Q11, Q41, QM15
    0.4 miles
    Q11 Q41 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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
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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1950 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Creek Park Nature area
    880 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 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.