217th Street & 50th Avenue
The three-way junction of 217th Street and 50th Avenue is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 216 St/50 Av, is 790 feet away for the Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 216 St/50 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q27.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 216 St/50 Av Q27790 feetQ27
Next buses at this stop
- Q27 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1,010 feet
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11364
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bayside
- Elevation
- 73 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 garden
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature540 feet
- Alley Pond Park560 feet
- Captain Dermody Triangle850 feet
Show all 4
- Oakland Gardens Garden1,030 feet
Houses of worship
- Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship890 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.3 miles
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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 217th Street & 49th Avenue 270 feet
- 217th Street & 51st Avenue 280 feet
- Springfield Boulevard & 50th Avenue 520 feet
- 51st Avenue & 216th Street 540 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 217th Street 560 feet
- 217th Street & 48th Avenue 560 feet
- Springfield Boulevard & 49th Avenue 670 feet
- 215th Street & 51st Avenue 720 feet
See every intersection along 217th Street or 50th Avenue.