208th Street & Richland Avenue
The three-way junction of 208th Street and Richland Avenue is in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hollis Hills Jewish Center is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Hollis Hills Terr, is 660 feet away for the Q46 and Q48, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Hollis Hills Terr, 660 feet away, for the Q46 and Q48.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/Hollis Hills Terr Q46, Q48660 feetQ46 Q48
Next buses at this stop
- Q46 …
- Q48 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Union Turnpike, 1,160 feet by car along the streets.
- 223-15 Union Turnpike Gas station1 mile
- 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.7 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 August 2021.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11364
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 107 and 111 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
- Elevation
- 103 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 140 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the black cherry and the black walnut.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 208th Street
- Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Cunningham Park270 feet
- Motor Parkway Nature area460 feet
Houses of worship
- Hollis Hills Jewish Center House of worship1,270 feet
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 209th Street & Richland Avenue 270 feet
- Hollis Hills Terrace & Richland Avenue 390 feet
- 210th Street & Richland Avenue 540 feet
- Hollis Hills Terrace & Vanderbilt Motor Parkway 720 feet
- 211th Street & Richland Avenue 800 feet
- Union Turnpike & 209th Street 830 feet
- Union Turnpike & Hollis Hills Terrace 830 feet
- 212th Street & Richland Avenue 1,060 feet
See every intersection along 208th Street or Richland Avenue.