212th Street & Bay Lane

The three-way junction of 212th Street and Bay Lane (north-west) is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bay Terrace Library is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 18 Av/212 St, is 130 feet away for the QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,100 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 & Bay Lane Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/212 St, 130 feet away, for the QM2 and QM32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM2 …
  2. QM32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

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

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

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2020
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Terrace Playground
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Terrace Library
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    710 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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