218th Street & 132nd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 218th Street and 132nd Avenue is in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Springfield Gardens Post Office is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Springfield Blvd/132 Rd, is 730 feet away for the Q77, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

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218th Street & 132nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Springfield Blvd/132 Rd, 730 feet away, for the Q77.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Springfield Blvd/132 Rd Q77
    730 feet
    Q77

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q77 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumn Brilliance' serviceberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 132nd Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 218th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 132 Ralph Bunche School
    270 feet
  2. Kidz World Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Springfield Gardens Post Office
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.