83rd Street & 159th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 159th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Helens Church is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 160 Av/86 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q41, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 160 Av/86 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q41.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 160 Av/86 St Q410.3 milesQ41
Next buses at this stop
- Q41 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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
- 8 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
Houses of worship
- St Helens Church House of worship1,130 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 & 159th Avenue 260 feet
- 84th Street & 159th Avenue 270 feet
- 85th Street & 159th Avenue 540 feet
- 81st Street & 159th Avenue 540 feet
- 83rd Street & 160th Avenue 620 feet
- 83rd Street & 158th Avenue 620 feet
- 86th Street & 159th Avenue 800 feet
- 80th Street & 159th Avenue 820 feet
See every intersection along 159th Avenue or 83rd Street.