218th Street & 97th Avenue

The three-way junction of 218th Street and 97th Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Engine 304/Ladder 162 firehouse is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, is 640 feet away for the Q88, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av · Q88
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
218th Street & 97th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av, 640 feet away, for the Q88.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Amboy Ln/Jamaica Av Q88
    640 feet
    Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 213-10 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11429
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
27
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queens Village
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Freeman maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 218th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of 97th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 97th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 403378.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Queens Village Veterans Plaza.

  1. Queens Village-Bellerose Memorial Stele, 1949
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Christian Learning Center School
    940 feet
  2. Kidslandny Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Abd School for Nurse Aides Trade or language school
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queens Village Veterans Plaza
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queens Reformed Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 304/Ladder 162 Fire station
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and eight food stores.

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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 218th Street or 97th Avenue.

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