98th Street & 157th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 98th Street and 157th 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. P.S. 146 Howard Beach is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Aqueduct-N Conduit Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Aqueduct-N Conduit Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
157 Av/Cohancy St · Q11, QM15
Within a walk
2 places
1 religious building and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
98th Street & 157th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Aqueduct-N Conduit Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Aqueduct-N Conduit Av A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Rockaways
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Howard Beach-JFK Airport A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 157 Av/Cohancy St, 70 feet away, for the Q11 and QM15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 Av/Cohancy St Q11, QM15
    70 feet
    Q11 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. QM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 157th Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway eastbound at 155th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.4 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 146 Howard Beach School
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 157th Avenue, 98th Street or Cohancy Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.