218th Street & 36th Avenue

The three-way junction of 218th Street and 36th Avenue is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sacred Heart of Jesus RC Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/35 Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q13, Q27 and Q31. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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218th Street & 36th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/35 Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q13, Q27 and Q31.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/35 Av Q13, Q27, Q31
    0.4 miles
    Q13 Q27 Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …
  2. Q27 …
  3. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Between 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 January 2021.

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
69 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 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 36th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Sacred Heart Catholic-Bayside School
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crocheron Park
    940 feet
  2. Golden Pond in Crocheron Park Park feature
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart of Jesus RC Church House of worship
    1,000 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:

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