Cross Island Parkway & 147th Street

Cross Island Parkway and 147th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/147 St, is 600 feet away for the Q76, QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Cross Island Parkway & 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/147 St, 600 feet away, for the Q76, QM2 and QM32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/147 St Q76, QM2, QM32
    600 feet
    Q76 QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …
  2. QM2 …
  3. QM32 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway, 910 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 15-06 149th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 079 Francis Lewis School
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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