Horace Harding Expressway & 159th Street
Horace Harding Expressway and 159th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 8,740 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, is 170 feet away for the Q17 and Q88, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd, 170 feet away, for the Q17 and Q88.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Parsons Blvd Q17, Q88170 feetQ17 Q88
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q88 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 130 feet by car along the streets.
- 154-04 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 41-61 Kissena Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers2.1 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 8,740 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 11th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through July 26, 5,160 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Westbound on Horace Harding Expressway | 5,486 | 2,949 |
| Eastbound on Horace Harding Expressway | 3,254 | 2,211 |
| Total | 8,740 | 5,160 |
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 20 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1925 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2023 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Horace Harding Expressway (north side).
East side of 159th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 10:30AM-NOON
West side of 159th Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 10:30AM-NOON
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 445479.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Supermarkets
- Queens Health Emporium Supermarket630 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway 130 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 160th Street 260 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Parsons Boulevard 270 feet
- 159th Street & 65th Avenue 490 feet
- 160th Street & 65th Avenue 750 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 65th Avenue 760 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 162nd Street 780 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway 940 feet
See every intersection along 159th Street or Horace Harding Expressway.