218th Street & 68th Avenue
The three-way junction of 218th Street and 68th Avenue is in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Young Israel of Hollis Hills Windsor Park is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/Bell Blvd, is 1,260 feet away for the Q88, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/Bell Blvd, 1,260 feet away, for the Q88, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/Bell Blvd Q88, QM5, QM8, QM35 · Shelter1,260 feetQ88 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2018.
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
- 105 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 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 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 046 Alley Pond School760 feet
- All in One Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K860 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Tall Oak Playground1,120 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hollis Hills Windsor Park House of worship860 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 218th Street & John F Kennedy Circle 110 feet
- 68th Avenue & John F Kennedy Circle 290 feet
- 218th Street & 67th Avenue 540 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 218th Street 790 feet
- 219th Street & 67th Avenue 800 feet
- 217th Street & 67th Avenue 800 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 217th Street 1,050 feet
- Bell Boulevard & 67th Avenue 1,080 feet
See every intersection along 218th Street or 68th Avenue.