Cross Bay Boulevard & 158th Avenue

Cross Bay Boulevard and 158th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Howard Beach-Lindenwood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 331/Ladder 173 firehouse is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/158 Av, is 130 feet away for the QM15, QM16 and QM17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 19 places to eat.

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Cross Bay Boulevard & 158th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/158 Av, 130 feet away, for the QM15, QM16 and QM17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/158 Av QM15, QM16, QM17
    130 feet
    QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM15 …
  2. QM16 …
  3. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Nassau Expressway at Cross Bay Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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 200 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 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry and the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 158th Avenue (south side) and Cross Bay Boulevard (east side).

North side of 158th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Cross Bay Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 447242, 447301, 449109 and 449637.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 fire station
  • 1 public space

Plazas and public spaces

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 331/Ladder 173 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    660 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, five of them 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.