89th Street & 159th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 89th Street and 159th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Walter Ward Playground is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/159 Av, is 1,060 feet away for the Q41, QM15, QM16 and QM17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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89th Street & 159th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/159 Av, 1,060 feet away, for the Q41, QM15, QM16 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/159 Av Q41, QM15, QM16, QM17
    1,060 feet
    Q41 QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q41 …
  2. QM15 …
  3. QM16 …
  4. QM17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 159-04 Cross Bay Boulevard Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 89-35 155th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No 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 2018.

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
7 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 159th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 89th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 207 Rockwood Park School
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walter Ward Playground
    320 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 331/Ladder 173 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 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, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.