85th Street & 158th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and 158th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Helens Church is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 157 Av/84 St, is 860 feet away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.

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85th Street & 158th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 157 Av/84 St, 860 feet away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 Av/84 St Q11, Q41, QM15 · Shelter
    860 feet
    Q11 Q41 QM15
    Shelter

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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

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 1945 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Psychotherapeutic Eval - Howard School
    930 feet
  2. Circle Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Helen Catholic Academy School
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Helens Church House of worship
    1,050 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, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.