Cross Bay Boulevard & 156th Avenue

Cross Bay Boulevard and 156th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 60 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,335 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Howard Beach Library is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 157 Av/Cross Bay Blvd, is 680 feet away for the Q11, Q41 and QM15, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and nine places to eat.

Safety record
38 hurt
60 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Nassau Expressway
940 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
157 Av/Cross Bay Blvd · Q11, Q41, QM15
Within a walk
3 places
1 library, 1 older adult center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cross Bay Boulevard & 156th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 157 Av/Cross Bay Blvd, 680 feet away, for the Q11, Q41 and QM15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 157 Av/Cross Bay Blvd Q11, Q41, QM15
    680 feet
    Q11 Q41 QM15

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …
  2. Q41 …
  3. QM15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 940 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 60 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 38 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, March 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,335 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 121st most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 424 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on Cross Bay Boulevard722377
Southbound on Cross Bay Boulevard61347
Total1,335424

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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 four travel lanes

Homes

About 180 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 156th Avenue (both sides).

South side of 156th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Cross Bay Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Cross Bay Boulevard

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443524, 444912, 448418 and 448744.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 public space

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 157-41 Cross Bay Boulevard Public space
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Howard Beach Library
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 156th Avenue or Cross Bay Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.