212th Street & 26th Avenue

The three-way junction of 212th Street and 26th Avenue is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chabad Academy of Arts and Sciences is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/24 Av, is 820 feet away for the Q13 and Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

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212th Street & 26th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/24 Av, 820 feet away, for the Q13 and Q31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/24 Av Q13, Q31
    820 feet
    Q13 Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …
  2. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11360
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109 and 111 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Terrace-Clearview
Elevation
37 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.

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 March 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 212th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools 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 school

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad of Northeastern Queens Preschool · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Chabad Academy of Arts and Sciences School
    120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    760 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    50 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and two food stores.

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 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.