209th Street & Colfax Street

The three-way junction of 209th Street and Colfax Street is in Queens Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New Mount Zion Pentecostal Holy Church is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hollis Av/207 St, is 1,090 feet away for the Q2, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

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209th Street & Colfax Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hollis Av/207 St, 1,090 feet away, for the Q2.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hollis Av/207 St Q2
    1,090 feet
    Q2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at 225th Street & 103rd Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 205-43 Hollis Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R Drew - Queens County Ed. F Preschool
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Mount Zion Pentecostal Holy Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,320 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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