197th Street & 122nd Avenue

The three-way junction of 197th Street and 122nd Avenue is in St. Albans, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Locust Manor Playground is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/197 St, is 730 feet away for the Q77, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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197th Street & 122nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/197 St, 730 feet away, for the Q77.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/197 St Q77
    730 feet
    Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q77 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27
Police precinct
113 and 116 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
St. Albans
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the lagerstroemia.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Rehoboth Care Preschool
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Locust Manor Playground
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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