135th Avenue & 228th Street
The four-way crossing of 135th Avenue and 228th Street is in Laurelton, Queens, and is also named Leroy Jackson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/228 St, is 720 feet away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/228 St, 720 feet away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Merrick Blvd/228 St Q5, Q86, Q87 · Shelter720 feetQ5 Q86 Q87
Next buses at this stop
- Q5 …
- Q86 …
- Q87 …
Cycling
- 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station860 feet
- 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.
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
- 25 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Leroy Jackson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Leroy Jackson Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 228th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of 228th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 9 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 1 library
Schools and child care
- Linden SDA Daycare Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5730 feet
- Linden SDA Elementary School960 feet
- Nicky's Little Sprouts, D. C Pre-K1,080 feet
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- Ceo Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,080 feet
- Middleton's Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,110 feet
- P.S. 156 Laurelton School1,160 feet
- Queens United Middle School1,160 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Laurelton Library1,220 feet
Houses of worship
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church House of worship120 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
- JCY Merrick Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 135th Avenue & 227th Street 270 feet
- 135th Avenue & 229th Street 270 feet
- 135th Avenue & 230th Street 530 feet
- 135th Avenue & 226th Street 530 feet
- Merrick Boulevard & 228th Street 630 feet
- 228th Street & 137th Avenue 680 feet
- 135th Avenue & 225th Street 800 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 135th Avenue 810 feet
See every intersection along 135th Avenue or 228th Street.