217th Street & 75th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 217th Street and 75th Avenue is in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Telephone Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/Bell Blvd, is 1,030 feet away for the Q88, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/Bell Blvd, 1,030 feet away, for the Q88, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/Bell Blvd Q88, QM5, QM8, QM35 · Shelter1,030 feetQ88 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at 73rd Avenue & Hollis Hills Terrace, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 223-15 Union Turnpike Gas station0.7 miles
- 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.4 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
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)
- Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 in 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 217th Street
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 nature area
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 205 Alexander Graham Bell School550 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K900 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Telephone Playground50 feet
- Motor Parkway Nature area810 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Long Island Motor Parkway Listed historic place1,070 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 75th Avenue & 74th Avenue 240 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 75th Avenue 280 feet
- 217th Street & 77th Avenue 670 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 73rd Road 670 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 217th Street 820 feet
- 220th Street & 74th Avenue 910 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 77th Avenue 920 feet
- 220th Street & 75th Avenue 1,000 feet
See every intersection along 217th Street or 75th Avenue.