135th Avenue & 224th Street

The four-way crossing of 135th Avenue and 224th Street is in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Laurelton Library is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/224 St, is 650 feet away for the Q5, Q86, Q87 and two more, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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135th Avenue & 224th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/224 St, 650 feet away, for the Q5, Q86, Q87, QM63 and QM65.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/224 St Q5, Q86, Q87, QM63 +1 · Shelter
    650 feet
    Q5 Q86 Q87 QM63 QM65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q86 …
  3. Q87 …
  4. QM63 …
  5. QM65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    770 feet
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 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 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 135th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Middleton's Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. Ceo Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 54 Ambulance station
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Laurelton Library
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    930 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three 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 of the 13 corners 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.