220th Street & 77th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 220th Street and 77th Avenue is in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 205 Alexander Graham Bell is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/220 Pl, is 1,200 feet away for the Q46 and Q48, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools.

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220th Street & 77th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/220 Pl, 1,200 feet away, for the Q46 and Q48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/220 Pl Q46, Q48
    1,200 feet
    Q46 Q48

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q46 …
  2. Q48 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 223-15 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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 July 2024.

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
162 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 in 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 220th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 220th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 188 Kingsbury School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 205 Alexander Graham Bell School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Motor Parkway Nature area
    160 feet
  2. Telephone Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island Motor Parkway Listed historic place
    410 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, four 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.