212th Street & 18th Avenue

The three-way junction of 212th Street and 18th Avenue is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Bay Terrace Playground is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 18 Av/212 St, is 30 feet away for the QM2 and QM32, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1957 and 1973, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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212th Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/212 St, 30 feet away, for the QM2 and QM32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/212 St QM2, QM32 · Shelter
    30 feet
    QM2 QM32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM2 …
  2. QM32 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & Bell Boulevard at Totten Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1957 and 1973.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bell Academy School
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Bay Terrace School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Terrace Playground
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 212-00 23rd Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    860 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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:

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