215th Street & 18th Avenue

The three-way junction of 215th 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. P.S. 169 Bay Terrace is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/23 Av, is 660 feet away for the Q13, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1969 and 1973, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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215th Street & 18th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/23 Av, 660 feet away, for the Q13.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/23 Av Q13
    660 feet
    Q13

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …

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
    1.1 miles
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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 November 2024.

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
40 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 1973.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bell Academy School
    1,290 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Bay Terrace School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Terrace Playground
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Terrace Library
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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, six 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.