215th Street & 16th Avenue
The three-way junction of 215th Street and 16th Avenue is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/16 Av, is 320 feet away for the Q13, QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1969 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/16 Av, 320 feet away, for the Q13, QM2 and QM32.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bell Blvd/16 Av Q13, QM2, QM32320 feetQ13 QM2 QM32
Next buses at this stop
- Q13 …
- 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station1.2 miles
- 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2014.
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
- 44 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Happy Maryann Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5940 feet
Shopping centers
- Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 215th Street & 17th Avenue 260 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 16th Avenue 270 feet
- 215th Street & 15th Road 380 feet
- 216th Street & 17th Avenue 520 feet
- 216th Street & 15th Road 640 feet
- 215th Street & 15th Avenue 750 feet
- 215th Street & 18th Avenue 780 feet
- 15th Road & Waters Edge Drive 830 feet
See every intersection along 16th Avenue or 215th Street.