95th Street & 156th Avenue

The three-way junction of 95th Street and 156th Avenue is in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Howard Beach Library is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/157 Av, is 1,070 feet away for the Q52 SBS and Q53 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and eight places to eat.

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95th Street & 156th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/157 Av, 1,070 feet away, for the Q52 SBS and Q53 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/157 Av Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS
    1,070 feet
    Q52 SBS Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …
  2. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway eastbound at 155th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.3 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 May 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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 156th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Howard Beach Library
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 155-55 Cross Bay Boulevard Older adult center
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    460 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.