220th Street & 46th Avenue

The three-way junction of 220th Street and 46th Avenue is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 20 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/219 St, is 1,100 feet away for the Q12, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 46th Avenue.

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220th Street & 46th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/219 St, 1,100 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/219 St Q12 · Shelter
    1,100 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 46th Avenue.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11361
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the apple.

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 November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 46th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    20 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    30 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat.

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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

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