217th Street & Corbett Road
The three-way junction of 217th Street and Corbett Road is in Bayside, Queens, and is also named James “Big Jim” Corcoran Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Crocheron Park is 360 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/35 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q13 and Q31, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/35 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q13 and Q31.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bell Blvd/35 Av Q13, Q310.3 milesQ13 Q31
Next buses at this stop
- Q13 …
- Q31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 35th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.6 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 August 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11361
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bayside
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
This corner is also named James “Big Jim” Corcoran Way, a co-naming enacted on August 14, 2022 (Local Law 81 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on James “Big Jim” Corcoran Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Corbett Road
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Bayside School880 feet
- P.S. 041 Crocheron School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Crocheron Park360 feet
- Golden Pond in Crocheron Park Park feature1,100 feet
Houses of worship
- Sacred Heart of Jesus RC Church House of worship1,060 feet
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 216th Street & Corbett Road 270 feet
- 217th Street & 36th Avenue 320 feet
- 35th Avenue & Corbett Road 440 feet
- 35th Avenue & 215th Place 530 feet
- 36th Avenue & 216th Street 580 feet
- 218th Street & 36th Avenue 580 feet
- 35th Avenue & 215th Street 790 feet
- 36th Avenue & 215th Place 840 feet
See every intersection along 217th Street or Corbett Road.