221st Street & 38th Avenue
The three-way junction of 221st Street and 38th Avenue is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Crocheron Park is 1,030 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2025.
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
- 74 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 1930 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 221st Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Interdisciplinary Cntr for Child Dev Preschool890 feet
- ICCD Preschool, ages 2 to 5950 feet
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Bayside School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Crocheron Park1,030 feet
- Golden Pond in Crocheron Park Park feature1,160 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 220th Street & 38th Avenue 180 feet
- 37th Avenue & 221st Street 290 feet
- 38th Avenue & 219th Street 450 feet
- 39th Avenue & 221st Street 480 feet
- 37th Avenue & 222nd Street 540 feet
- 221st Street & 36th Avenue 580 feet
- 39th Avenue & 220th Street 650 feet
- 38th Avenue & 218th Street 710 feet
See every intersection along 221st Street or 38th Avenue.