212th Street & 16th Avenue
The three-way junction of 212th Street and 16th Avenue is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bell Academy is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 18 Av/212 St, is 430 feet away for the QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/212 St, 430 feet away, for the QM2 and QM32.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 18 Av/212 St QM2, QM32 · Shelter430 feetQM2 QM32
Next buses at this stop
- QM2 …
- QM32 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & Bell Boulevard at Totten Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station1.3 miles
- 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11360
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bay Terrace-Clearview
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1973.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 16th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of 212th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Bell Academy School1,180 feet
- P.S. 169 Bay Terrace School1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bay Terrace Playground1,070 feet
Shopping centers
- Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center1,250 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- 212th Street & 18th Avenue 390 feet
- 212th Street & Bay Lane 540 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 16th Avenue 830 feet
- 212th Street & 15th Avenue 850 feet
- 212th Street & Bay Lane 1,020 feet
- 211th Street & 18th Avenue 1,060 feet
- 215th Street & 16th Avenue 1,100 feet
- 23rd Avenue & 212th Street 1,150 feet
See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 212th Street.